Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 26, 2020

They are still nowhere near the rate required to match the yearly total of 486 hit way back in 1999. Most startup founders voluntarily exit or are pushed out, and the fun is gone. The numbers represent a 45% increase from the previous quarter’s tally, but a 14% drop from the same quarter in 2019. Analysts want escalating profits.

Cost 319

Cost IPO Exit Strategy Initial Public Offering 319

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2021

Every startup founder knows implicitly that startup success is a long hard road. Google - Larry Page and Sergey Brin started working on Google in 1996 – but three years later in 1999, few people had even heard of it yet. Yet we always dream that we are the exception to the rule.

Initial Public Offering 317

Initial Public Offering California .Net Matching 317

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2022

Today the rate of startups going public (IPO – Initial Public Offering) is finally up from the dead zone of the last two decades, and is now double the rate back in 1999. Friendly or hostile takeover attempts are just a couple of the many ways that company founders sense a loss of control of their own destiny.

IPO 245

IPO SEC Prospectus Startup 245

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2019

Every startup founder knows implicitly that startup success is a long hard road. Google - Larry Page and Sergey Brin started working on Google in 1996 – but three years later in 1999, few people had even heard of it yet. Yet we always dream that we are the exception to the rule.

Initial Public Offering 277

Initial Public Offering Startup California .Net 277

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 6, 2013

Every startup founder knows implicitly that startup success is a long hard road. Google - Larry Page and Sergey Brin started working on Google in 1996 – but three years later in 1999, few people had even heard of it yet. Yet we always dream that we are the exception to the rule.

Initial Public Offering 297

Initial Public Offering Startup California .Net 297

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 26, 2018

According to Investor's Business Daily , even though IPOs in 2018 through July were up nearly 39 percent from last year, the total of 115 companies so far is still nowhere near the rate required to match the yearly total of 486 hit way back in 1999. Most startup founders voluntarily exit or are pushed out, and the fun is gone.

Exit Strategy 128

Exit Strategy IPO Initial Public Offering SEC 128

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 31, 2016

Every startup founder knows implicitly that startup success is a long hard road. Google - Larry Page and Sergey Brin started working on Google in 1996 – but three years later in 1999, few people had even heard of it yet. Yet we always dream that we are the exception to the rule.

Initial Public Offering 148

Initial Public Offering California .Net Business Plan 148