Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

The reward for doing so was a liquidity event via an Initial Public Offering. Rules for building a company in 2011 are different than they were in 2008 or 1998. Startups that win in the bubble will be those that get wide adoption (using freemium, viral growth, low costs, etc) and massive distribution (i.e.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

Initial Public Offerings (IPO) are back as an exit strategy. According to a report just out, a record 156 operating companies went public in the U.S. According to David Rose , CEO of Gust, venture capital investors funded about 1500 startups last year, with Angel investors backing over 50,000 more.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2017

20th Century Tech Liquidity = Initial Public Offering. In the 20th century tech companies and their investors made money through an Initial Public Offering (IPO). For three decades (1978-2008), investors controlled the board. Filed under: Venture Capital. Board Control. The founders.

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Pascal's View

MAY 13, 2011

Amount of venture capital raised has exploded. 2002: Sarbanes-Oxley creates more friction for companies that want to go public, but likely much less of a factor than people think, by imposing accounting and compliance costs for small companies that easily exceed $2 million per year. cents or 6.25

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 5, 2012

This from Kate Mitchell, the former chair of the National Venture Capital Association, and current Managing Director of Scale Venture Partners. Some 92% of job growth comes after a company goes public - which makes sense, because a company acquires public capital in order to hire people.

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