Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

Tech IPOs were a receding memory, and mergers and acquisitions became the only path to liquidity for startups. Rules for building a company in 2011 are different than they were in 2008 or 1998. Startup exits in the next three years will include IPO’s as well as acquisitions. The New Exits. Here’s how: Order of Battle.

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Internet IPO Silicon Valley Agile 334

This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Nice going NYC government PR machine. Either way the "one stop shop" model went out with portals in 1998. Two of the recent Ultra Light Startup events--one about PR and the other about legal help--had copycat programs run by the city itself. You could use your PR machine to highlight the best companies if you'd like, too.

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www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

So the acquisition came toa screeching halt while we tried to sort this out. Back in 1998 our CFOtried to talk me into it. Surely 1998 was a little late to arrive at the party. Almost everyone who worked for us was an animal at what they did. In theory, that could have meant someoneelse owned big chunks of our software.

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Startup Cofounder Software Stock 105