YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 23, 2017
IPO market is broken”, positioning their offering as an alternative to capitalize on the dwindling supply of smaller IPOs, pointing out that only 18 companies completed IPOs that raised less than $50M last year, versus 557 in 1996. But how much of the story can be traced to overall business conditions?
Seeing Both Sides
APRIL 10, 2011
In May 1996, Open Market completed a successful IPO and more than doubled on the first day of trading, ending with a $1.2 million in revenue the year before. . The Internet bull market continued to run for four more years after the Open Market IPO, finally ending in the spring of 2000. This IPO and others like it (e.g.,
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Agile VC
OCTOBER 1, 2013
Facebook’s IPO was obviously a debacle, and in the private investment sphere valuations from the seed through late stage have declined for the most part from their peaks in late 2011 through early 2012. IPO Market Is Strong - All the companies I just mentioned in cloud computing have gone public within the last 12 months.
A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks
OCTOBER 23, 2012
.” Here’s the summary of his track record (excerpted from the Fast Company article): Forefront — IPO’ed in 1995 by CBT — CBT stock fell 85% in 1998 and prompted class-action lawsuits. Freeloader — On $3m invested, sold for $38m in 1996 — shut down in 1997. from an IPO under a year ago of $10.
Steve Blank
APRIL 10, 2019
We slept under the tables, and pulled all-nighters to get to first customer ship, man the booths at trade shows or ship products to make quarterly revenue – all because it was “our” company. In the 20 th century, the best companies IPO’d in 6-8 years from startup (and in the Dot-Com bubble of 1996-1999 that could be as short as 2-3 years.)
Pascal's View
NOVEMBER 15, 2011
Dan Primack posted an article in Term Sheet last week titled Yelp This: IPO Market Is Killing It. Responding to these comments in a new post on Monday November 14, IPO Worries Put to the Test This Week , Dan reasserts “my belief that the death of small company IPOs has been greatly exaggerated.”
Seeing Both Sides
NOVEMBER 30, 2010
Bill Gurley’s excellent piece on Silicon Valley IPO Anxiety inspired me to take a companion look at the East Coast, particularly Massachusetts and New York, and evaluate the health of the local IPO economy and prospective pipeline. 2009 Revenue (mn). Glasshouse ($90m) – registered for IPO . Market Value (mn).
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