2000 Acquisition Initial Public Offering Lean 
Steve Blank
MARCH 18, 2011
The Golden Age (1970 – 1995): Build a growing business with a consistently profitable track record (after at least 5 quarters,) and go public when it’s time. 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.
online.wsj.com
SEPTEMBER 23, 2012
The results were similar when he examined data for companies funded from 2000 to 2010, he says. In early 2011 an acquisition by a Fortune 500 company fell apart. Harley Goes Lean to Build Hogs. He also combed the portfolios of VC firms and talked to people at start-ups, he says. There are also different definitions of failure.
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