IPO Pop

topic on 2 shows · 2 statements across 2 episodes

Acquired 20VC

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ACQUIRED Insight
Gilbert: First-day IPO pops harm existing shareholders via underpricing
“A pop is a bad thing for existing shareholders. It means that in the IPO, you incorrectly priced it too low, and then within one day, upside that should have, or really like is yours because it happened in all the intrinsic value was built all over these years…”
Ben Gilbert Jun 30, 2025 ▶ 3:04:50 Google Part I: Origins of Search. How the Best Business in Human History Happened (Audio) · Acquired
20VC Insight
Dudum: First-day IPO stock pops signal severe equity mispricing and unnecessary dilution
“The fact that a company is doubling in value the first day It means that the company was taking money as part of the IPO at the wrong price, at a price that was probably 50% what they should have been doing. And so there's a huge amount of dilution that they i…”
Andrew Dudum Jan 21, 2021 ▶ 20:00 20VC: Hims Founder Andrew Dudum on Hims Going Public, The Reasoning and Benefits of SPACs, The Biggest Misconceptions of Successful Company Building & Wall St's Changing Perceptions Towards Growth and Profitability

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