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Re:Stripe valued at $159B, 2025 annual letter by bryanlarsen on Tuesday February 24, 2026 @01:31PM (#47140747)
A general IPO is also not the right comparison. The events that kill companies are changes in control whether they happen from going public or going private. If Stripe IPO's, the Collison's will stay firmly in control, and approximately nothing will change at Stripe.
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Re:Stripe valued at $159B, 2025 annual letter by tptacek on Tuesday February 24, 2026 @01:33PM (#47140767)
I'm not coming down on either side of the public/private thing, just saying that take-privates and failed small private companies aren't meaningful comparisons to make.
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