My point is once that share is held outside of the companies control, it's a liability. That liability is debt, where debt is the means to procure a return on that loan.
A company with 1000 shares at $100,000/ share is 'worth' much more than a company with 100,000 shares at $10,000/ share
The IPO is the selling of shares, nothing more nothing less.
How am I wrong in boiling this down?