I've actually taken companies public, I've actually busted companies, I've actually gone broke.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I've been part of founding three companies that have gone public. It doesn't seem like a big number, but it's actually a lot.
I busted my butt all my life building companies.
I always wanted to start a public company and make a lot of money.
I've been around the bend in corporations.
It's a special thing to be a public company.
There's not a whole lot of advantage for a company to be public.
Well, anything you want to make public is your public business.
With a private company, you've got to get into who's investing and what's the balance sheet like. So going public is a positive thing from the perspective of the sales organization.
I have never run a public company. I spent my entire life working for a private company.
Fortunately we're not a public company - we're a private group of companies, and I can do what I want.