The Art of the IPO
Summer was not kind to Facebook. It was harsher still to Groupon and Zynga. All three companies are new to the public markets. If you were to look to their debuts only, you’d be forgiven for concluding that going public is a raw deal. Each of their stocks, to put it nicely, got hammered between Memorial [...]
IPO Stories
Successful IPOs are born of an ephemeral blend of engaging, compelling–and often lively–story-telling, an exceptional, seasoned management team, well-calibrated partners and advisors and savvy–and lucky–timing. Zipcar stirred together a perfect mix of each of those elements when it executed its $175 million IPO last week–more than two times the size initially anticipated when it first [...]
