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JOBS Act to Change Startup Funding Landscape

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IPOs by year, 1980-2011, with pre-IPO last 12-month sales less than (small firms) or greater than (large firms) $50 million (2009 purchasing power). The real truth is, since the "Internet bubble" burst in 2001, initial public offerings have not resumed the vitality levels of the late 1980s, let alone the boom years of the '90s.

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In Silicon Valley, Founders Fight for Control

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About 14% of the technology firms that have held initial public offerings between January 2011 and the end of June 2012 went public with at least two share classes—more than twice the 6.4% billion in an effort to meet new deficit targets agreed with euro-zone partners. Most Popular on Facebook.

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IPO Task Force Leader: JOBS Act a Wake-up Call for Startups

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This from Kate Mitchell, the former chair of the National Venture Capital Association, and current Managing Director of Scale Venture Partners. In March 2011, the U.S. 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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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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The company raised $45 million in venture capital from firms including DCM, Emergence Capital Partners and Bessemer Venture Partners, and built partnerships with AOL Inc., In early 2011 an acquisition by a Fortune 500 company fell apart. David Cowan of Bessemer Venture Partners has stuck with Mr. Dreymann. Comcast Corp.,