What happens to Airbnb stock?

Mar 20, 2020 7 Comments

If they don’t IPO thid year, won’t a lot of employees equity expire?

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  • Oath
    OPnd70

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    OPnd70
    It’s worth nothing until a liquidity event. Can’t they sell it on the secondary markets to some dumb wannabe investors? I don’t see how Airbnb can stay afloat at an IPO. They missed the boat on cashing out short term.
    Mar 21, 2020 2
    • Apple
      carmax

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      carmax
      Well these times aren’t making it easy for any company to stay afloat, public or private.

      As far as Airbnb, it is a good company and a household name that still retains a big market share in the travel sector. Hopefully this virus outbreak settles down, and if/when it does, people will start traveling and thus using Airbnb again. The bigger issues with the company stem from potential legal conflicts with local cities/towns and a lack of a profitable business model. These aren’t easy to solve, but if they do, I can see them doing well in the long-term.
      Mar 21, 2020
    • Oath
      OPnd70

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      OPnd70
      Uber is/was in a similar boat - household name, local jurisdiction issues. I don’t think Airbnb disappears or is a disappearing fad, but I also struggle to see how anything in the sharing economy is prospering, now or later. The virus situation is going to make people paranoid well after it dies down so I don’t see that as something that resolves for travel soon. Hopefully they have a bunch of cash stockpiled.
      Mar 21, 2020
  • Microsoft / Eng
    ballmers

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    ballmers
    How much run way do they have?
    Mar 21, 2020 3