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Re:For High Tech Companies, Going Public Sucks by ojbyrne on Sunday March 25, 2012 @06:41PM (#3754100)
Too many shareholders mean that you're forced to report like a public company. Then you might as well be public. Presumably Koch has only a few shareholders.
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Re:For High Tech Companies, Going Public Sucks by veyron on Sunday March 25, 2012 @06:56PM (#3754139)
The article makes it sound like the SEC forces you to go public. You don't have to. It's a choice, as I explained here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3753915
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