Unicorn IPOs Are 

Get Rich Quick 

Schemes? 
Unless you have been living under a rock, you are familiar with Stock 
market IPOs (Initial Public Offerings) which is essentially a Wall Street 
product Launch of an already successful brand into the “mainstream”. 

We cover quite a bit of Stock market world in these emails, especially 

what's going on with IPOs, we didn’t cover the Uber IPO recently 
because honestly it performed just like LYFT and was lackluster. 

Let's dive deeper into the IPO unicorn world…. 

● Nearly Half of the worlds Unicorns come from the US- Including 
7 of the 10 largest valuations. 156 Unicorns so far or 47.9% 
● Roughly 3 out of 10 unicorns come from China, thats 94 so far or 
28.8% 
● 82 Unicorns have been in the Internet Software Services sector 
raises $153 Billion 
● 44 in the E-commerce space accounting for $129 Billion 
 ● 32 in Fintech accounting for $94 Billion 

Unicorn evaluations in the billions of dollars is now common place, I 

remember when a billion dollars was thought to be almost impossible, 
but as with everything else, time is speeding up. 

There are many issues with the current IPO model, the pre-seed 
investors are essentially dumping on retail investors these days, its not 
like it used to be. Between that and insider trading, it feels like the wild 
wild west all over again. Well actually it sounds just like crypto 
IEOS/ICOs. So all the accredited investors, VCs, Seed investors get rich 
but what about the average Joe..? Well he buys the bags… 

Here are the top 10 Unicorns according to CB Insights… 

 
Bytedance is a media company that owns Toutiao a popular 
machine-learning content platform in China that customizes feeds based 
on users preferences. It also owns the viral app taking over America 
called Tik Tok. Interesting right, largest IPO in history now a China 
based company, Tik Tok going viral last 3-4 months in the midst of trade 
Tarrifs with China. Just goes to show, people want convenience over 
many other things. 

In my opinion IPOs aren’t that great of money makers anymore, the 

space has changed and it seems like everyone with big dollars is 
colluding and getting away with it. I would much rather see an IPO 
launch, tank in price and pick it up there, again similar to what we see 
with IEO launches in Crypto. 

Remember to get involved with IPOs, you need to become an accredited 

investor and then be aware that not just internet speed but distance to 
data center also matters, so that on the day the IPO lists, you can dump. 
All this to me just doesn’t seem worth it, far easier plays out there, I 
mean as I type this Bitcoin has gone from $6k-$7700, how many times 
you gotta do that before you start seeing amazing returns. 

That's it for now… 

Much love my friends, 

Jameson Brandon 

www.EmpireResearch.net 

 
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