Q so, simultaneous with seeing more IPOs, which is awesome, There, there has been a trend for companies to stay private longer. I think the Collison's used to hint maybe, and now they're more kind of maybe never. And, and some investors in the ecosystem are encouraging that behavior. What, what do you think is different about the people that choose to go out now that the window is quote open?
A I think, um, I mean, they each have different reasons. Some may have, uh, just view from a financing opportunity, the ability to tap the public market, both on the equity and the debt side to be simpler, right? As a public company, I think that's the big piece of it. Second, look, it could be a brand defining event for a company, right? For, for your product, for your employees, giving the level of transparency to your customers, that you're well-funded, that you have a fortress balance sheet, You know, all of that, you can with, withstand the regulatory scrutiny that comes, and even just the, um, the scrutiny from investors, right? That you have the discipline and, and with everything that comes public, people looking at your numbers, so all of those things, right? I happen to believe that all these companies should go public. Um, I also think, by the way, there's, there's a democratic element to it, where I think the wealth creation belongs to the public market. Um, I think you attract different types of investors, not just frankly a public market versus a private market, but also the retail investor. What can you learn from the retail investor, either positive or negative about your business, right?
AI assessment note: “they each have different reasons. Some may have, uh, just view from a financing opportunity”