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A New Era For Entrepreneurs And Startups Has Begun

Startup Professionals Musings

in 2013, with aggregate proceeds of over $38 billion. That is a 65% increase in the number of IPOs over 2012, and the highest proceeds raised since the year 2000. Twitter was one of the most notable, with a market capitalization now up to $38 billion all by itself. Funding for early-stage startups is more available than ever.

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How to Fine-tune Your Small Business Finances—from Funding to Growth [Webinar Recap]

Up and Running

Bates: Josh, it reminds me of when I was doing web sites back in the day in 2000 and 1998 and instead of going and being able to buy a shopping cart you had to code the shopping cart from scratch. If you’re looking for five million dollars, you should be thinking institutional capital. Bates: You know Josh—.