Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 26, 2020
Despite the fact that the number of IPOs (Initial Public Offerings) for startups have continued to stay low, I still hear it touted often as the preferred exit strategy. They are still nowhere near the rate required to match the yearly total of 486 hit way back in 1999. Everyone dreams of becoming a billionaire overnight.
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 30, 2021
had its initial public offering, raising $33.8 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. In April, 1996, Yahoo! million, by selling 2.6 million shares at $13 each. Amazon.com and Yahoo!
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Steve Blank
APRIL 10, 2019
In the 20 th century, the best companies IPO’d in 6-8 years from startup (and in the Dot-Com bubble of 1996-1999 that could be as short as 2-3 years.) Of the four startups I was in that went public, it took as long as six years and as short as three.
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 29, 2022
In the old days, every entrepreneur planned on taking their startup public, and making it big. 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.
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 12, 2019
had its initial public offering, raising $33.8 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. In April, 1996, Yahoo! million, by selling 2.6 million shares at $13 each. Amazon.com and Yahoo!
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 6, 2013
had its initial public offering, raising $33.8 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. In April, 1996, Yahoo! million, by selling 2.6 million shares at $13 each. Amazon.com and Yahoo!
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 26, 2018
Despite the fact that the number of IPOs (Initial Public Offerings) for startups have continued to stay low, I still hear it touted often as the preferred exit strategy. Everyone dreams of becoming a billionaire overnight. Concerns over valuations being reset to a new normal, and a soft exit market, are seen as key drivers.
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