The Equity Kicker
APRIL 22, 2014
Builder - as revenues start to grow the CEO has to build a team and processes so sales can be repeated and the business can grow. Entrepreneur - then the CEO must be great at marshalling resources, raising money, staying resilient, and getting stuff done at pace.
Steve Blank
MARCH 18, 2011
Dot.com Bubble ( 1995-2000): “ Anything goes” as public markets clamor for ideas, vague promises of future growth, and IPOs happen absent regard for history or profitability. VC’s worked with entrepreneurs to build profitable and scalable businesses, with increasing revenue and consistent profitability – quarter after quarter.
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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. invested, IPO’ed in 2000 for $32/share — stock price now $2. from an IPO under a year ago of $10.
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 16, 2010
This is finally happening because the boom of 1998-01 means that many funds are reaching the maturity of their 10-year funds [strangely, 10-year funds usually last about 13 years!]. You invest low amounts of capital and the company gets to IPO (96-99) or trade sale (05-08) without raising too much capital and certainly not on punishing terms.
Ben's Blog
OCTOBER 29, 2020
Since then, the debate over IPOs has continued, with a particular focus on allegedly underpriced offerings that jump shortly after opening — the dreaded “pop.” ” As some criticism has it, this supposedly deprives companies of millions of dollars that should have been theirs if not for underpricing the IPO.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 23, 2012
In 1998 there were around 850 VC funds and by 2000 there were 2,300. In an over-funding environment companies are encouraged to eschew revenues in a land grab to acquire eyeballs, clicks, page views or whatever other vanity metrics give VCs the false comfort that they’re sitting on a gold mine. The Funding Problem. The Exit Problem.
Campus Entrepreneurship
DECEMBER 23, 2010
When I attended between 1998-2001, there were a few course on entrepreneurship (entrepreneurial finance, entrepreneurial strategy, etc.), He’s started four IPO-able companies in eight years. My alma mater, and the #1 ranked business school — according to BusinessWeek — continues to strengthen its entrepreneurship offerings.
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