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Not if the founders have majority voting rights.



Even with majority voting rights, you're still subject to much more stringent accounting and reporting requirements, and Wall Street can and will punish you if you don't set and meet reasonable quarterly and yearly revenue guidance. A lower stock price means less access to future capital, so you still end up doing things to please the market.




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