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Like Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky, Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter is stunned at the results of the company’s IPO. See the results in this story from CNN.

Sequoia Capital and others prosper as the debuts of DoorDash and Airbnb cap the most lucrative year on record for new listings. Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter discusses the Airbnb share gain in this story from The Wall Street Journal.

Warrington alumna and Rolling Stone Culture Council member Kim Kaupe (BA ’08) shares her insights as the Co-Founder of The Superfan Company on how everything from live music, to museums, to gaming will have to adapt to the changing times.

Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter sees a disconnect between internet stocks and the rest of the market.

Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter comments on Airbnb’s skyrocketing IPO in this story from Financial Times.

Oren Kantor (BSBA ’10, MSE ’11) suffered an indelible humiliation as a senior on his high school golf team. After hitting an overzealous first putt that sailed past the hole, followed by a subsequent stroke that was struck too timidly leaving himself three feet shy of the target, his yips continued with a lip out before he finally found the back of the cup on attempt number four. His team lost the match by one stroke.

“But if Kantor, who went on to study marketing and entrepreneurship at the University of Florida, hadn’t been scarred by that costly double bogey, he never would have started Perfect Practice and invented the Perfect Putting Mat,” writes Mike Dojc of Forbes.

Read more about how Kantor’s persistence landed him a deal with 2020 Masters winner Dustin Johnson and growing sales of his Perfect Putting Mat.

Investors can’t afford regret: Every day brings new opportunities to become very rich, most of which we are bound to miss.

Cordell Eminent Scholar Chair Jay Ritter comments on how searching for the next Tesla might disappoint, and what to do instead.

Does knowing that your friend is having a root canal on the same day as you make it feel like a shared experience—and make it a little easier to handle? New research from John I. Williams Assistant Professor Yanping Tu suggests it may.

In this story, Business Insider explains what an IPO is, why companies go the IPO route, and how to invest, all with help from Mr. IPO, Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter, himself.

Assistant Professor of Management Aaron Hill comments on Kerry’s resignation from the Climate Finance Partners board to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest. See what Hill had to say in this story from Fox Business.