I don’t know too much about pre-IPO stock value for these companies but seems like you’d be joining when values are at peak value and hype, no?
Does it make sense in the short run? No. Did it make sense to join Google at IPO? Yes. Will any of these companies be like Google after IPO? Take a guess
you could have said Google it , instead i’d take a guess
I got a pretty great offer at Pinterest and accepted. I think overall it will be great for the short term.
Yes, if thinking long term (10 years).
Hard to tell. A bit of gamble. It could go down hard loke GoPro, Snap, Cloudera and BlueApron or up like Facebook, MongoDB Square or go flat like most such as Dropbox, Box, Redfin.
Too late to the party.. Might as well just flip a coin to decide
Ponder over this for Uber: https://seekingalpha.com/article/4227442-uber-will-flop and https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-uber-fail-michael-spencer-
Can't read the first one. Second one is an old unsubstantiated opinion piece written by an unqualified hack who has no business commenting in this field.
Lol ^
You might get taxed less since IPO price might start a lot higher.
It’s very likely your stock will be worth something, whether it will go up or down post-ipo no one knows