Snapchat (OK, Snap Inc.) has hired banks to run its initial public offering. Morgan Stanley is running the show, a return to potential glory after fumbling Facebook's IPO. Meanwhile, Twitter, whose IPO with Goldman Sachs garnered praise, is publicly stumbling in its quest to find a buyer. Bloomberg IPO reporter Alex Barinka tells host Alex Sherman why Snap is looking to both social media companies for lessons -- not just on how to go public but how to operate as a public company.

<p>Snapchat (OK, Snap Inc.) has hired banks to run its initial public offering. Morgan Stanley is running the show, a return to potential glory after fumbling Facebook's IPO. Meanwhile, Twitter, whose IPO with Goldman Sachs garnered praise, is publicly stumbling in its quest to find a buyer. Bloomberg IPO reporter Alex Barinka tells host Alex Sherman why Snap is looking to both social media companies for lessons -- not just on how to go public but how to operate as a public company.</p>

Bloomberg M&A reporters, joined by outside experts and members of Bloomberg's Deals team, examines the week's biggest deals and highlights M&A trends most under scrutiny by Wall Street. He'll talk to reporters who broke Bloomberg's major scoops and interview investors, executives, lawyers and bankers for an inside peek into what's going on inside corporate boardrooms and what it's like working with the world's largest companies and richest people.

Bloomberg M&A reporter Alex Sherman examines the week's biggest deals and highlights M&A trends most under scrutiny by Wall Street.

Deal of the Week

48: Snapchat’s Lessons from Twitter and Facebook

48: Snapchat's Lessons from Twitter and Facebook

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