Advantages of IPO：
This ability to quickly raise potentially large amounts of capital from the marketplace is a key reason many companies seek to go public. Capital can be used to fund research and development (R&D), fund capital expenditure, or even used to pay off existing debt.
IPO also brings these benefits to the previously private company:
Increasing exposure, prestige, and public image
Facilitating acquisitions (potentially in return for shares of stock)
Enlarging and diversifying equity base
Creating multiple financing opportunities: equity, convertible debt, cheaper bank loans, etc.
Attracting and retaining better management and employees throu

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We've never succeeded in making a good deal with a bad person.--- Warren Buffet
He shared this rule with Berkshire Hathaway shareholders in 1989. It is a short lesson for people who ever did business with shady characters. "After some other mistakes, I learned to go into business only with people whom I like, trust, and admire," said Buffett.