Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2011

It has been at least a decade since going public via an Initial Public Offering (IPO) has been considered a credible exit strategy for startups. In 1999, there were 486 IPOs nationwide; just 10 years later, in 2009, there were only 63. The market is moving back up, but slowly.

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Version One Ventures

JUNE 7, 2016

The acquiring company can just plug that product into their existing distribution channel to help round out their current product suite and grab more market share (and some might argue that even this is happening less frequently). It’s hard to transition buyers and sellers over to the acquirer’s marketplace, as I’ve seen first hand.

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com. that did so in 1999 and 2000, according to an analysis for The Wall Street Journal by Jay R. Personal Technology. What They Know. All Things Digital.

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Pascal's View

MAY 13, 2011

1999 : Provisions that prohibit a bank holding company from owning other financial companies were repealed on November 12, 1999, by the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. (This is a good example of technology driven market change being accelerated by new securities regulations). cents or 6.25

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