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

Ben's Blog

The value of mutual fund investments in private tech companies was estimated at just north of $7 billion in 2016, or about.05% 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% 05% of total US mutual fund assets. 1999-2000 51.6%

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37 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

has transformed from a small information technology components firm into a comprehensive and full-service IT computer hardware and support solution provider, servicing over 20,000 clients across the country. It was so bad that I almost wrote my first Yelp review. Today, Aventis Systems, Inc. Thanks to Roni Eshel, goFlow ! #9)

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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. But Friendster’s computer systems couldn’t keep up with the explosive growth (reportedly due to the complexity of the security model set up to control connections, privacy and authenticity of users) so MySpace was hot on the heels and swept up the market in a very rapid ascent.