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zenlikethat on Aug 1, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: S&P 500 to exclude Snap after voting rights debate

Why go public in the first place if you don't want active investors? I find it highly unlikely investors wanting to get involved in a company's success would be a bad thing more often than not.

cbhl on Aug 2, 2017 [–]

I believe the are rules that often force companies to go public (e.g. the 500 investor rule) even if the CEO wants to retain private ownership.

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