Acquisition Aggregator IPO Software 
Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 14, 2009
On top of all this it was considered very bad form not to have at least four additional consecutive quarters of profits after an IPO.) The IPO Bubble – August 1995 – March 2000 In August 1995 Netscape went public, and the world of start ups turned upside down. Tech acquisitions went crazy at the same time the IPO market did.
Agile VC
APRIL 17, 2011
GameFly filed in 2010 and remains in registration, though 2011 has seen a positive start for VC-backed IPOs with 14 in Q1 2011. Now that Google’s acquisition of ITA is closed, following lenghty FTC review, it would appear Kayak is poised to proceed with their IPO in the coming months. =. Kayak Software Corporation.
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Agile VC
MARCH 8, 2012
Tech IPOs Are Back – So Now What? 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. March 8, 2012.
View from Seed
JUNE 13, 2019
I know some of the investors in Chewy prior to the PetSmart acquisition, but I am not a shareholder nor do I intend to purchase shares in the IPO. Chewy helpfully provides some cohort data on both aggregate $ revenue, active customer spend, and LTV/CAC basis. 2) Impressive cohort growth & stability.
Agile VC
JUNE 13, 2019
I know some of the investors in Chewy prior to the PetSmart acquisition, but I am not a shareholder nor do I intend to purchase shares in the IPO. Chewy helpfully provides some cohort data on both aggregate $ revenue, active customer spend, and LTV/CAC basis. 2) Impressive cohort growth & stability.
Startup Lessons Learned
APRIL 14, 2009
First of all, it means that most aggregate measures of success, like total revenue, are not very useful. So heres the question that I pose to you - our startup helps software companies develop a scalable revenue engine in the form of software-specific hardware devices. This unit of progress is remarkable in several ways.
K9 Ventures
OCTOBER 10, 2017
Typically, Pre-Seed rounds are less than $1M in aggregate capital raised. When I first began in this industry, people would claim that it’s cheap to start a software company. It is no longer cheap to start a software company. 6M-$15M used to scale customer acquisition and revenue). Q: Is Pre-Seed a Thing?
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