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What does it mean when a company goes public?

Asked by hug_of_war (10735points) March 22nd, 2015

This keeps coming up on shows I watch and in the real world. But I don’t really understand what it means when a company is preparing for an ipo, or why a company would want to go public, or what the risks are. I want to know in layman’s terms.

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