### Comment:
Random question - is there any possible way Elon can just IPO StankMemes and pay whatever listing fee?  And skip the whole underwriting process or whatever?

### REPLY:
Yup, definitely. It's called a Direct Listing. ~~Shopify~~ Spotify is the first big IPO to use a Direct Listing and it was done this year. 
  
 [https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/22/spotifys-ipo-disrupted-wall-street-what-lies-ahead-now-for-unicorns-looking-to-go-public.htm](https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/22/spotifys-ipo-disrupted-wall-street-what-lies-ahead-now-for-unicorns-looking-to-go-public.html)

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