You’ve checked a lot of items off your must-do list in your short but stellar career. Get a job on the coast: check. Pay off student loans early: check. Earn MBA while working for someone else: check. Learn everything you can about the industry you love in five years: check. Start your own company and attain black ink: check! Now, you stare out the window of your corner office, thinking about that looming, last and largest goal and wonder: should we go public?
It’s lonely being the founder and CEO. Although surrounded by gifted and energetic colleagues in the C-Suite, some who are close friends, the tempting thoughts of a nice cash infusion are hard to shake. It could launch your company to the next level, even knock a couple of competitors completely off the field. While you’re envisioning your logo on the cover of Forbes, step back and think about what’s good, and not so good, about leading a publicly traded company.
To read the original article: Should We Go Public? Considerations For The (Not So) Faint of Heart
