The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

From 2000 to 2013, Dell's PC sales slowed, it "di-worsified" its business with expensive acquisitions, and missed the shift toward mobile devices. In late 2013, Michael Dell and Silver Lake Partners took the company private for $25 billion. That seemed to mark the end of Dell as a public company.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Panera has confidentially filed to go public, according to sources for the Financial Times. Seasoned investors may be excited, remembering the company's previous track record as a public company. As Panera prepares to possibly go public in 2024, here's what investors can and can't know right now.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

For example, this particular episode, I'll be sharing an essay from January 2008, then we'll jump forward to 2012 and 2013. It jumped from 45 where I wrote this essay in December 2012 to 76 when it got bought out in July of 2013 consummated in October of that year, it was a big fun winner to look back on. I wrote this in July of 2013.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

At the time of our initial public offering in 2013, we were operating just eight markets across four states. In 2023, our geographic footprint continue to grow. We added a new market and a new state to our map with our first closings in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

I think, after Space X, they're the number two most frequently launched private company. It was talking about the five biggest public companies in the world on January 1st, of 1999. But in January 2013, my wife said, hey, why not Lowe's? billion as we speak. I read a Motley Fool article this week.

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Axial

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

With growth and performance improvement being top of mind for our portfolio companies, we focus on driving activities that create, enhance and sustain lasting value. ” Visit Ronin’s Profile “Lead Lap is a Northfield, Illinois-based private investment firm with several current investments in private companies.

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The Big Picture

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

They invest primarily in private and public companies. Or are you looking at startups or private companies that have been for around for a while that are potential disruptors? You invest in startups, you invest in public companies, you invest in privates. How do you think about that?

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