Growthink Blog

MAY 14, 2012

Since the Internet bubble burst in 2001, the number of IPOs hasn’t recovered to even 1980s levels. For perspective, before 2001 over 40% of all venture capital exits were via initial public offerings. Because golly, when it comes to the IPO market and public market returns in general, help is needed in a big way. How bad is it?

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IPO Private Equity Initial Public Offering Balance Sheet 78

Pascal's View

AUGUST 12, 2009

Between 2001 and 2008 mergers and acquisitions (M&A) accounted for 87% of venture-backed company exits, up from an average of 44% in between 1992 and 2000. That exodus has already begun, and it is evident in many statistics that testify to America’s slipping global competitiveness since 1999.

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IPO Silicon Valley Merger Sweat Equity 28

David Teten

MAY 16, 2011

Joe Chernesky, Vice President and General Manager of Global Licensing Sales, Intellectual Ventures. “Jake” Geleerd is the President and Chief Operating Officer of Ocean Tomo, the global Intellectual Capital Merchant BancT firm providing financial products and services related to intellectual property.

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Naming Government Intellectual Property LLC 122

500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

Or, as my friend Marc Andreessen might say, Software Eats the Private Equity World. While a flood of new VCs came into existence during the late 90’s internet boom, many had difficulty raising new funds after the crashes of 2000-2001 and 2008 , and as a result significantly fewer fund managers exist now compared to a decade ago.

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Silicon Valley Early Stage Venture Capital Valuation 74

Pascal's View

MAY 13, 2011

iii. Post bubble period 2001-2009 totals $218.2 My full answer to this question follows: Public companies with equity market capitalizations of less than $1 billion have been negatively impacted by these market changes—and within this group, companies with capitalizations of $500 million or less have suffered the most. cents or 6.25

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Equity Securities and Exchange Commission IPO Marketing 31

Growthink Blog

MARCH 12, 2012

Stengel’s great credibility comes from both his remarkable career - where he rose through the ranks to become Proctor and Gamble's global marketing officer, arguably the biggest marketing job in the world with a $9 billion marketing budget responsibility for famed P&G brands like Crest, Duracell, Gillette, Pampers, and Tide.

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Equity Global Marketing 72

Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

First they pivoted from video rentals by mail to smart suggestions by algorithm then they followed by leading the streaming revolution to now global domination. Unfortunately, he was fired and all of that potential equity disappeared. Well done Reed! Thanks to Paige Arnof-Fenn, Mavens & Moguls ! 2- Noah Kagan.

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Entrepreneur China Incubator Philippines 107

David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

It might appear that origination is becoming much easier because of new tools like AngelList and the SEC moving toward adoption of rules that will allow equity based crowdfunding. We published the full report in the Journal of Private Equity ; it’s now the #2-most viewed article in the Journal’s history.

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Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Equity 114

View from Seed

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

The world is experiencing a global economic crisis of a proportion most living people have never witnessed. Aggregate VC investment in 2009 hits a low of roughly $20B, a figure last seen in 2003 in the wake of the bursting of the dotcom and telecom bubble and 2001 recession. 2009-2011: Retrenchment. Good Times” presentation (Oct 2008).

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IPO Early Stage Cofounder B2C 202

Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

As many of your listeners may know, there was an incredible piece published by a gentleman from Founders Fund, discussing Tiger [Global Management] and how they’re focused on the speed and scale business. Dan Kimerling: I love 2001: a Space Odyssey. On Sushi and VC. You don’t want to go to Vegas and put it all on black.

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Silicon Valley Venture Capital Cofounder Africa 88

Agile VC

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

The world is experiencing a global economic crisis of a proportion most living people have never witnessed. Aggregate VC investment in 2009 hits a low of roughly $20B, a figure last seen in 2003 in the wake of the bursting of the dotcom and telecom bubble and 2001 recession. 2009-2011: Retrenchment. Good Times” presentation (Oct 2008).

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IPO Early Stage Cofounder B2C 100

Ben's Blog

MAY 24, 2021

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. 44% 2001-2019 13.7% First, as the below chart shows, IPO pops are not a new phenomenon.

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SEC Accredited Investor IPO Technical Review 36