7 definitions
IPO (n.) is the exit the founders call an entrance.
IPO (n.) is the day a company's friends get paid by strangers.
IPO (n.) is a wedding where the guests pay for the dress.
IPO (n.) is the day a company stops promising and starts explaining.
IPO (n.) is the morning insiders find out exactly what their optimism was worth.
IPO (n.) is the moment a private dream becomes a public spreadsheet.
IPO (n.) is the day a company stops asking friends for money and starts asking strangers.