Rivian Electric Vehicles, Duolingo, Gingko Bioworks, Moderna, Unicorn Valuations, Facebook, and More

<p>Youngme, Felix, and Mihir discuss the red hot IPO market, highlighting a few of the companies reflecting a “sign of the times” including: Rivian Automotive, Duolingo, and life science companies like Gingko Bioworks and Moderna. They also answer a few letters from listeners, including questions about the soaring valuations of private company unicorns, the latest Facebook scandal, and more.</p> <p><strong>Recent picks, and recommended reading/websites:</strong></p> <p>·       <a href="https://news.crunchbase.com/news/crunchbase-unicorn-board-1000-companies/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Private Company Unicorns</a> (Crunchbase)</p> <p>·       <a href="https://www.snapchat.com/minis/run-for-office" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Run for Office</a> (Snapchat Mini)</p> <p>·       <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Career-Family-Womens-Century-Long-Journey/dp/0691201781" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Career and Family</a> (Claudia Goldin)</p> <p>·       <a href="https://www.nber.org/lecture/2020-martin-feldstein-lecture-journey-across-century-women" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Journey Across a Century of Women</a> (Claudia Goldin)</p> <p>·       <a href="https://www.maangchi.com/recipe/ppopgi" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How to Make Ppopgi</a> (Honeycomb Candy, as featured in Squid Game) </p> <p>We invite you to email your comments and ideas for future episodes to:  <a href="mailto:afterhours@hbs.edu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">afterhours@hbs.edu</a>.  You can also follow Youngme and Mihir on Twitter at: @YoungmeMoon and @DesaiMihirA.</p>