Comments on: Lack of an IPO market makes it hard for stock option plans and weird things happen http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/lack-of-an-ipo-market-makes-it-hard-for-stock-option-plans-and-weird-things-happen.html Blog of an entrepreneur Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:31:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Fredo http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/lack-of-an-ipo-market-makes-it-hard-for-stock-option-plans-and-weird-things-happen.html#comment-150756 Fredo Fri, 08 Aug 2008 04:38:20 +0000 http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/?p=1366#comment-150756 Obviously if Facebook employees are selling at 70% discount of what Microsoft paid for its stake is because they know the real value of the company. Obviously if Facebook employees are selling at 70% discount of what Microsoft paid for its stake is because they know the real value of the company.

]]> By: Martín Alejandro Carmona Selva http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/lack-of-an-ipo-market-makes-it-hard-for-stock-option-plans-and-weird-things-happen.html#comment-150533 Martín Alejandro Carmona Selva Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:16:24 +0000 http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/?p=1366#comment-150533 Martín, I agree with you! But the issue is that lots of people are afraid that situation will be even worse and then, they are making what we call in Spanish "la profesía autocumplida" -the self-accomplished prophecy-. I mean, if everyone starts selling their shares, shares will fall for sure, if everyone stops buying, well, crisis will deepen. But, I know I'm not a blue collar struggling to make ends meet. But, I don't think the people you're talking about fall into that category either :) So, my feeling is that we must stop the panic and get back to normal life... Martín,

I agree with you! But the issue is that lots of people are afraid that situation will be even worse and then, they are making what we call in Spanish “la profesía autocumplida” -the self-accomplished prophecy-.

I mean, if everyone starts selling their shares, shares will fall for sure, if everyone stops buying, well, crisis will deepen.

But, I know I’m not a blue collar struggling to make ends meet. But, I don’t think the people you’re talking about fall into that category either :)

So, my feeling is that we must stop the panic and get back to normal life…

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