Startups | Riding the Roller Coaster
January 18, 2016 Amit Trivedi Article, Nuggets from the book	Alexandra Suich, Amit, Amit Trivedi, Fear of missing out, FOMO, IPO, IPOmania, Riding The Roller Coaster - Lessons from financial market cycles we repeatedly forget, ridingtherollercoaster, Start ups, Startups, The Economist, The year of the Unicorn, Unicorn
Alexandra Suich has written an article in The Economist recently titled “The Year of the Unicorn“.
We will take up two points out of the article:
Some of these unicorns are likely to file for IPOs
FOMO (Fear of Mission Out) is a sentiment so common in Silicon Valley that it has its own acronym.
Now, the chances are that most of these Unicorns may not be easily available to Indian investors to invest in, in spite of the IPOs, one important point comes to mind. At the same time, there could be some other firms that may raise money from the Indian IPO markets.
In the past, especially in the IPOmania, we have witnessed the FOMO phenomenon in India, too.
A word of caution: Be clear why you are investing in these IPOs, if at all. Please do not invest out of FOMO. Do your own analysis or take professional help before signing the cheque.
#RidingTheRollerCoaster – 67
Startups | Riding the Roller Coaster
January 18, 2016 Amit Trivedi Article, Nuggets from the book	Alexandra Suich, Amit, Amit Trivedi, Fear of missing out, FOMO, IPO, IPOmania, Riding The Roller Coaster - Lessons from financial market cycles we repeatedly forget, ridingtherollercoaster, Start ups, Startups, The Economist, The year of the Unicorn, Unicorn
Alexandra Suich has written an article in The Economist recently titled “The Year of the Unicorn“.
We will take up two points out of the article:
Some of these unicorns are likely to file for IPOs
FOMO (Fear of Mission Out) is a sentiment so common in Sili
con Valley that it has its own acronym.
Now, the chances are that most of these Unicorns may not be easily available to Indian investors to invest in, in spite of the IPOs, one important point comes to mind. At the same time, there could be some other firms that may raise money from the Indian IPO markets.
In the past, especially in the IPOmania, we have witnessed the FOMO phenomenon in India, too.
A word of caution: Be clear why you are investing in these IPOs, if at all. Please do not invest out of FOMO. Do your own analysis or take professional help before signing the cheque.
#RidingTheRollerCoaster – 67