Did mom and pop invest..? No they did not. The investors who did knew the long time horizon they were committing to.

They could’ve gone public earlier - they chose not to and venture capitalists were happy to keep supplying the funding.

Also lol @ using that act to explain why people take longer to ipo. Lest we forget how deep venture capital has become. Hahahha

Go do a google search

Could woulda shoulda. Mate they didn’t. Moreover if they had, the existing investors would’ve got a shittier exit.

You can just wait for the price to drop post ipo as it usually does if you actually want to invest.