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On Going Public: SPACs, Direct Listings, Public Offerings, and Access to Private Markets

Ben's Blog

Second, by better matching supply and demand, direct listings have generally mitigated the magnitude of IPO Pops, thus engendering better overall price discovery. 1990-1998 13.3% 22% 1990-1998 13.3% 1990-1998 10% 6.3% Time Period IPO Pop* 1980-1989 6.1% 1999-2000 51.6% Time Period IPO Pop % Above IFR 1999-2000 51.6%

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Humility: The X-Factor

YoungUpstarts

“I thought about what made these ten people stand out, what differentiated them. Humility was the differentiator.”. A few months earlier, Microsoft had invited Patrick Lencioni (the author of “ The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable “ ) to speak at an internal conference, and he had said the exact same thing.

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37 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

— in a class so high in demand that I had to wait several quarters to take it? With the recent wave of on-demand offerings from taxi cabs to mobile dry cleaning, consumers have started to rethink the way they book and buy products and services. The unstable economy demands that you develop entrepreneurial skills.

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The Communication Secrets Of The World’s Greatest Salesman

Duct Tape Marketing

As a student of leadership and communication, he learned to elevate the way Amazonians write, collaborate, innovate, pitch, and present. Then they move into demanding a person who demanded excellence of himself and others around him. I mean, there a lot of people that felt absolutely very demanding.

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

Both Sides of the Table

might have been a lot less differentiated. In 1998 the Department of Justice launched an anti-trust case against Microsoft. AOL is in the process of rebuilding itself and emulating a little-known LA-based startup called Demand Media. But less considered is the fact that the success of the Web 2.0 companies versus the Web 1.0