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

Ben's Blog

Prior to joining Andreessen Horowitz, I held several executive positions in a publicly-traded software company and was previous to that an investment banker. Before offering some suggestions about how we might improve capital formation, I’d like to review the current state of the IPO market. 1990-1998 13.3% 22% 1990-1998 13.3%

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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. Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! I reviewed 50,000 words that Bezos wrote in a shareholder letters over time. Key Takeaway: What fueled Amazon’s astonishing growth?

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

Both Sides of the Table

Was it massively better software, better companies, better markets? might have been a lot less differentiated. Third-party software companies will start to offer features to websites to actually drive social features. In 1998 the Department of Justice launched an anti-trust case against Microsoft. It was mostly timing.

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37 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

After I left academia (too slow moving) and the consultancy company I worked for (lack of vision), four friends and I applied that puzzle-solving passion to creating software for solving supply chain puzzles. It was so bad that I almost wrote my first Yelp review. Thanks to Roni Eshel, goFlow ! #9) 9) Horrible Experience.