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

Ben's Blog

There are a number of trends concerning IPOs and capital formation to note: First, the raw number of IPOs has declined significantly: From 1980-2000, the US averaged roughly 300 IPOs per year; from 2001-2016, the average fell to 108 per year. 1999-2000 51.6% Time Period IPO Pop % Above IFR 1999-2000 51.6% 1990-1998 13.3%

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Starting an Online Casino

The Startup Magazine

The content on your site needs to be unique to differentiate it from your competitors. Securing your online casino. It is expected that any starting venture encounters problems and in the online space this takes the form of security. Your site also needs to support diverse languages to generate more players.

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This Week in VC with Om Malik & Paul Jozefak

Both Sides of the Table

The strategy of GigaOm and where they differentiate in the market. Similar service to Verisign for SSL certificates and e-commerce transactions and McAfee SECURE (HackerSafe) for online retailers. Founded in 2000 in New Brunswick, NJ. Potentially limits acquisition opportunities for independent ad networks. 406 Ventures.

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Transcript of Tips for Attracting Local Clients

Duct Tape Marketing

And so there may come a time when chat bots really help a small business save time and talking to customers and all these kinds of things but I think for right now it’s a little bit early to jump in and start experimenting with that stuff, especially since it kind of to some extent eats away at your core differentiator.

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Special: The 56 Israeli Companies Exhibiting in Mobile World Congress 2011

VC Cafe

Discretix offers embedded security and Multi-Scheme DRM Client Client supporting all major DRM schemes in use (OMA DRM, CPRM, Microsoft PlayReady) and the flexibility to add new schemes as they become available. Series ORG-2000 is OriginGPS smallest fully featured GPS receiver. Mer Telecom. -

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

Both Sides of the Table

After a few acquisitions they offered many of the services you think about as foundations to social networks today. might have been a lot less differentiated. In April of 2000 there were fears that the AOL / Time Warner merger would create a monopoly on the Internet. They had mail, IM, groups, answers, etc. Friendster was DOA.