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

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Editor’s Note: This testimony was delivered by a16z managing partner Scott Kupor to the U.S. By way of background, I am the Managing Partner for Andreessen Horowitz, a $16.5 First, as the below chart shows, IPO pops are not a new phenomenon. IPO market. Time Period IPO Pop* 1980-1989 6.1% 1990-1998 13.3% 1999-2000 51.6%

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37 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

Thanks to Joe Silverman, New York Computer Help ! #3) Thanks to Dr. Victor Allis, CEO and founding partner, Quintiq ! #4) In 2001, I came home to find my apartment on fire. That’s what spawned the idea that I can do better and namely how computer users deserved much better. 3) Love Solving Puzzles. 4) Used to Reconnect.

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Money Out of Nowhere: How Internet Marketplaces Unlock Economic Wealth

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Founded by Michael Bruno in Paris in 2001, 1stdibs (*) is the world’s largest online marketplace for luxury one-of-a-kind antiques, high-end modern furniture, vintage fashion, jewelry, and fine art. Swing is now at over 1,200 school partners and has filled over 115,000 teacher absence days. annual GMV.

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Transcript of Want to Be Like Amazon?

Duct Tape Marketing

They’ve been profitable since 2001. Bryan: It’s funny you mentioned that because I’m getting ready to do a keynote in a couple of weeks in New York at a retail conference. What’s going to differentiate between your hair salon and every other hair salon in the world?

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