IPO
- initial public offering: a company's first stock offering to the public.
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Since Waze, Soluto and Onavo, both Israeli startups, have had great exits in consumer tech, and Wix “unicorned” through its IPO.
Projected to go live in the third quarter of 2014, this will allow film projects essentially to IPO.
Zynga rode its one big hit, Farmville, to IPO riches and then crashed as soon as the trend turned.
A source reveled to The Sunday Times that “preliminary meetings” were being held with bankers to discuss an IPO.
Kate Middleton's St. Patrick's Day Look; 'Vogue UK' Editor Defends Skinny Cover ModelsThe Fashion Beast Team
March 17, 2014
Monday night, Bloomberg reported that the internet company had finally chosen Goldman Sachs to manage their IPO.
Peter Pilotto for Target Breaks Records; Tory Burch Eyes Possible Men’s CollectionThe Fashion Beast Team
February 11, 2014
IPO
- independent publicly owned company
- stock exchange initial public offering
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IPO
Abbreviation for initial public offering; the first issuance of shares in itself by a public company.
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