Agile VC

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Startup IPO Market: A Fickle Mistress. The IPO market, she is a fickle mistress. In the first half of 2011, the IPO markets were looking strong for VC-backed companies. For a time that meant that other category leaders accelerated their own IPO plans… think Groupon and Zynga. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC.

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Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

Google is still a private company (their IPO was Aug 2004). And obviously all the liq prefs went away in the IPO when pref stock converted to common. I’m the founder, ex Hewlett-Packard Director of Advertising and former SVP at Millward Brown (global brand/ad research firm owned by WPP). What’s Your Favorite Future?

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Agile VC

MARCH 8, 2012

Tech IPOs Are Back – So Now What? March 8, 2012. Three of the five “blockbuster” tech IPOs I predicted have happened (LinkedIn, Groupon, Zynga) and the biggest of all (Facebook) has filed and will likely go public within the next 90 days. I see several dynamics at work in today’s IPO markets.

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JUNE 5, 2011

So Groupon obviously filed their S-1 the other day to formally being the IPO process. 2) Groupon’s Far More International Than Most Realize : Most casual observers know that Groupon’s been buying similar daily deal businesses in other global regions (starting in May 2010), and doing some organic expansion internationally too.

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JANUARY 13, 2012

World Featured in US & World Videos Featured: Facebook CES 2012 Awards. January 13, 2012 by Brian Sullivan. Let #Gigya drop some knowledge on you: January 13, 2012 15:15:23. January 13, 2012 15:51:33. January 13, 2012 16:20:18. January 13, 2012 16:43:56. January 13, 2012 16:45:27. Trending Stories.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 18, 2015

In 2012 I penned an article called “ It’s Morning in VC ” that highlighted many of these trends and in 2014 I published a series of data in this VC SlideShare presentation of “ Why VC is Much More Compelling ” now, which updated many of our earlier analysis. The response? So eventually rationality has to occur.

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APRIL 13, 2012

April 13, 2012. And going even further back there have been a few random ones have been built before like Salesforce.com and e-tailer RedEnvelope (IPO’d in 2003 though now defunct as a company). 10 July 2012, 7:05 pm Why Do VC’s Have Ownership Targets? 9 July 2012, 1:10 pm Directr – Tell Your Story 30 June 2012, 1:55 am.

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