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Arcane

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According to Zoho Founder Mr. Sridhar Vembu, 'Leading a public company is far more challenging than a private one.' I have a question for you - If your startup thrives, would you go public for growth and capital, or remain private for autonomy and f

Anonymous 1

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Private anyday

Arcane

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Could you elaborate your reasons ?

Anonymous 1

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I saw an interview of vijay shekhar sharma yesterday. Found the insights pretty interesting. So: basically when he raised a pre-IPO round, the amount aimed was— 900mn dollars USD, he ended up raising 10 bn USD Something. So yeah, But just before IPO they took it off because of the covid and interest rate hikes during 2020, so basically due to normal market conditions. Hence emerging services, tech, is the first sector from where people suck the money first out, when times get tough. Retail investors are not trustable.

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Arcane

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Great. Thanks for sharing!

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