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Ask HN: Has the Facebook IPO impacted the success of others?

1 pointsby sparknlaunchabout 13 years ago
Roland Jones (MSNBC) writes: "Facebook’s initial stock offering was supposed to jump start the broader IPO market. It seems to have done the opposite."[1]<p>Other journalists echo the sentiment. [2]<p>What does this mean for other hopefuls (Kayak, Square et al)?<p>Has Facebook really hurt investor sentiment that much that other companies are unlikely to be as successful in raising funds (IPO and other)?<p>1 http://marketday.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/31/11993138-facebook-effect-is-sending-a-chill-through-the-ipo-market?lite 2 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/31/facebook-kills-tech-bubble_n_1559101.html

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