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ESADE Business School Commencement Speech

Steve Blank

I’m honored to be at a university noted for knowledge, and in a city with 2000 years of history – home of Gaudí one of the 20 th century’s greatest innovators. Today billions of dollars that companies could have invested in innovation are sitting in the hands of private equity funds. Thank you for the kind introduction.

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Will Work for Equity - Investing in Clients - Arizona Bay

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Employee Benefits. Will Work for Equity. Dave Graham Business Venture Capital Private Equity GlobalLogic Inc. Jumpstart was one of Grahams first clients; it signed on shortly after he founded Arizona Bay, in 2000. Jumpstart wasnt much at the time, just four employees working from home offices. Bookkeeping.

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What’s Really Going on in the VC Industry? What Does it Mean for Startups?

Both Sides of the Table

But VC is an “illiquid asset&# so funds didn’t disappear quickly - In 2000/01 the stock market quickly adjusted punishing investors in the NASDAQ and in individual public technology stocks. side note: our last fund at GRP Partners is currently ranked as the 5th best performing fund of the year 2000. VC will shrink.

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The Virus Survival Strategy For Your Startup

Steve Blank

Large companies are sending employees to work at home. If you’re running a startup or small business, your first priority (after your family) is keeping your employees and customers safe. Large retail chains are shutting down their stores. But next the question is, ‘What happens to my business?”. You need to act now.

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Public Hospital Modern Woes – Aging Infrastructure, Unions, Pensions, High Regulation. 

The Startup Magazine

s form of no-holds-barred capitalism, our financial markets were slow to adopt the idea, with the trend really only taking hold during the heady securitization period of the mid-2000’ s. The buyers (or lessees) in these transactions are pension funds, insurance companies, or private equity representing other institutions.

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April 4-Innovation in Private Company Liquidity-Online Merger Markets, Social Media, Secondary Markets, Non-US Markets, Private Equity, and the Disappearing IPO

David Teten

I hope that you can join us Monday night, April 4, midtown NYC, at a panel on “Innovation in Private Company Liquidity-Online Merger Markets, Social Media, Secondary Markets, Non-US Markets, Private Equity, and the Disappearing IPO” The program is sponsored by the HBS Club of New York and the HBS Angels of NY.

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The rise of the “successful” unsustainable company

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

invested, IPO’ed in 2000 for $32/share — stock price now $2. Seven — On $60m invested, still private, cancelled an IPO. After all, before the house of cards inevitably tumbles, private equity investors get a tidy return. Freeloader — On $3m invested, sold for $38m in 1996 — shut down in 1997.

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