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minus-squarecosmicrookie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month ago it’s a public company issue. Why do we have them then?
minus-squareTubularTittyFrog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agobecause public companies allow for a much larger access to capital and scale of operations. private companies can’t grow at the same rate as public companies because they are limited to private investors. public companies anyone can buy the stock. if you want to grow big and fast, you have to go public.
minus-squarecosmicrookie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoThis is the point though… Our world today has an issue, because it has become dependent on fast and unstoppable growth. Companies don’t have to grow fast and big, and they shouldn’t.
Why do we have them then?
because public companies allow for a much larger access to capital and scale of operations.
private companies can’t grow at the same rate as public companies because they are limited to private investors.
public companies anyone can buy the stock. if you want to grow big and fast, you have to go public.
This is the point though… Our world today has an issue, because it has become dependent on fast and unstoppable growth. Companies don’t have to grow fast and big, and they shouldn’t.