Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

billion for a company with less than $50 million in sales. The Rise of Mergers and Acquisitions -– March 2003 -2008 After the dot.com bubble collapsed, the IPO market (and most tech M&A deals) shutdown for technology companies. My experience of 2001-2004 is very remote from what you are describing. So what’s left?

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

If it’s driven by profit then the ecosystem needs both entrepreneurs as well as Venture Finance. Car sales in China went from 1 million in 2001 to 14 million in 2011. there are almost no mergers or acquisitions in this market segment. An entrepreneurial ecosystem is driven one of two ways; either by a crisis (i.e.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

If it’s driven by profit then the ecosystem needs both entrepreneurs as well as Venture Finance. Car sales in China went from 1 million in 2001 to 14 million in 2011. there are almost no mergers or acquisitions in this market segment. An entrepreneurial ecosystem is driven one of two ways; either by a crisis (i.e.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 18, 2009

We had been working on a merger between BuildOnline and a competitor called iScraper. This was soon after the bursting of the dot com bubble – in early 2001. We got their commitment and our existing investors bridged us until the new financing round could close. That was our first year of sales. But we did $2.1

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In its most recent quarter, the company processed the exchange of $923 million of sales, which equates to a $3.6B 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. annual GMV.

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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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