Twitter received a huge amount of attention around their time towards going public. Leonard, Katherine. Twitter IPO. Digital image. Lonelybrand.com. N.p., 13 Sept. 2013. Web. 2 Nov. 2014. <http://lonelybrand.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Twitter-IPO.jpg>.

I remember sitting on my bed a couple of months ago, eagerly flipping through the channels on the TV. I came by one which I almost flashed past, pressing on the channel key with great pressure. CNN was reporting on Twitter’s recent IPO. There were two things that surprised and confused me about this news story. I had no clue what an IPO was, and after I found out, I was puzzled as to why a firm as huge as Twitter had not gone public already. There is no doubt that private companies are also highly influential and large. It took my by great surprise.

There were mixed opinions about Twitters move towards going public. Many think Twitter made the right choice and is doing well, while others believe that Twitters has failed with its IPO.

Nevertheless, it was very interesting to learn about how companies came public, and learn about the various advantages and disadvantages of doing so. More so, it was interesting to see how there were so many companies I knew and used that did. Square, a firm that I actually wrote one of my blogposts on, is also thinking about an IPO and going public.

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