by Gregg Jaclin | Oct 26, 2020 | Blog, Gregg Jaclin, Investing, IPOs
The recent WeWork IPO fiasco wasn’t the only failed initial public offering in recent memory, but the company’s spectacular implosion last year was the result of a serious set of underlying problems. As business leaders and entrepreneurs, we may...
by Gregg Jaclin | Oct 23, 2020 | Blog, Gregg Jaclin, Investing, IPOs
When a company offers the sale of stock to the public for the first time, it’s called an IPO – an Initial Public Offering. This is a significant step that transforms a burgeoning firm into a major entity. It’s interesting to note that, among the top five...
by Gregg Jaclin | Oct 5, 2020 | Blog, Gregg Jaclin, IPOs
Taking a company public can be a difficult decision for business owners and shareholders. While an IPO can present opportunities to gain financial support and greater consumer awareness, the decision to go public also entails unavoidable costs and risk. Recently, the...
by Gregg Jaclin | Sep 20, 2020 | Blog, Gregg Jaclin, Investing, IPOs
IPOs are some of the biggest and most notable events in the business world. An IPO takes a company from being privately held to being publicly listed on an exchange like the NYSE or NASDAQ. They’re big opportunities. One reason that IPOs are a very big deal is...
by Gregg Jaclin | Aug 7, 2020 | Blog, Gregg Jaclin, Investing, IPOs
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has played a major part in the diminishing IPO activity that the world has seen for the better part of 2020. IPO activity started declining at the beginning of the second quarter of the year and significantly reduced further by 48%...
by Gregg Jaclin | Jul 29, 2020 | Blog, Gregg Jaclin, Investing, IPOs
Although many people may think of tech startups going public, many of the most successful IPOs occurred in other industries. For example, General Motors raised $20.1 billion after its IPO in 2010, the largest IPO in history for any American company. Of course, an IPO...
