2002 Finance IPO Sales 
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 22, 2011
I know that most people who are close to them tend to deny their existence, as we saw in the great housing bubble of 2002-2007 and the dot com bubble of 1997-2000. And this is happening in mezzanine (pre-IPO) deals as well. And post IPO deals, although these tend to correct more quickly. Or worse yet they may never get financed.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 23, 2015
Maybe they were in their 20s in 2002 when being a startup CEO wasn’t really available to most? So it could be that a sale would yield you seven figures and you could move on to your next role but the CEO wants to “go big or go home” and sometimes go home is the outcome. It will likely IPO in the coming years.
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Both Sides of the Table
JULY 10, 2010
For entrepreneurs who want to learn about how to work with investment banks, how to position yourself to be acquired and what the IPO markets look like this is the episode to watch. What does the market look like for IPO’s and is this likely to improve? Venture Financing. We also discussed the following deals of the week.
Austin Startup
JULY 23, 2010
But even Walmart (the epitome of brick and mortar) changes prices on some items daily, based upon sales and competitive intelligence. The company announced that is just completed $13M in financing from existing investors SMH Private Equity Group, ABS Ventures, Austin Ventures, and Trellis Partners. An item’s price is the price.
Duct Tape Marketing
SEPTEMBER 29, 2022
Questions I ask Mike Evans: [1:46] Could you give us a high-level overview of the startup of Grubhub to IPO to what you’re doing now? 12:51] Right up to IPO at which point you quit, which I think some people would actually say, you made it now, why are you quitting? But that's just part of the rejection of doing sales.
ReadWriteStart
NOVEMBER 16, 2010
The big enterprise software companies almost all bootstrapped their way to profitability before they got their first external investors (typically via an IPO). In a consumer Web venture, the hustler/sales guy is non-core (a few biz dev deals are important but not core). SaaS reduces your sales cost but also means that VC is needed.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 31, 2011
It was 2002 – the “dog days&# of the Internet and we were running out of cash. One investor played chicken with me by threatening not to approve my next-round financing unless I gave him more equity. My SVP of Sales & Marketing quit 30 minutes before an important board meeting. Your highs are super high.
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