Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 3, 2015

For financial reasons alone, an IPO is a statistically rare phenomenon, happening just 275 times in 2014 , out of almost 500,000 startups. As an advisor and mentor to startups, I try to make sure entrepreneurs understand both the pros and cons of an IPO as an exit strategy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2021

Especially for entrepreneurs who have not built and sold companies before, and need this startup to be an attractive acquisition or IPO target in a few years, I can’t think of a better way to enlist outside experts and keep them motivated to help you meet the challenges of a startup. In my view, nothing could be further from the truth.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

As a special purpose acquisition company, you can sidestep all the trappings that go with the usual initial public offering, but this shakeup introduces a totally new set of snags that can complicate your merger. According to global research and advisory firm Gartner, the average cost of downtime is $5,600 per minute or $336,000 every hour.

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NZ Entrepreneur

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

With the pandemic, climate crisis, global economic shifts and rapidly changing consumer markets, it is clear that many businesses of today will no longer be relevant tomorrow. Generating liquidity usually entails either selling the venture or an IPO. Our world is changing, and fast. pivot the business. change the CEO.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

This method was perfected by Gil Elbaz and his team at Applied Semantics in LA and in what some have called “ the most important acquisition ever made by Google ” they acquired the company for $102 million before Google had even IPO’d. Deflationary Economics now favors us. Stuff you may not know about LA?

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View from Seed

DECEMBER 6, 2018

To analyze what’s become of the OG Unicorns, it’s first worth noting that at the time of the 2013 post about 2/3rds of the 39 on the list had already been realized via IPO or $1B+ acquisitions. Most startups that hit this level did so via IPO or acquisition value. IPO value, $2.8B IPO value, $1.5B

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 30, 2017

Some companies choose an IPO path, acquisition offers or a “recap” to bring in new investors to buy out earlier investors. Since 2012, the company has received the highest possible score on the Global Impact Investment Rating System assessment of social and environmental impact. What is your plan for capital and growth?

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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.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 3, 2011

That's a five-fold increase from the 8 IPOs that raised $903 million in 2009. Exit activity is staging a comeback but capital netted lagged as large M&As and IPOs were still uncommon in 2010," said Jessica Canning, director of global research for Dow Jones VentureSource. 514 companies achieved liquidity in 2010, netting $39.3

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Austin Startup

MAY 10, 2021

Hologram , a global cellular platform for IoT, announced it hired Mike Georgoff this month as its first Chief Product Officer as the organization continues its growth. three companies he previously worked for had successful exits including two acquisitions and one IPO.

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Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

While poised with a limited number of transactions this year, the world of public Cloud Computing and SaaS companies has been marked by two events in the past few months: the acquisition of Omniture by Adobe and the high profile IPO of LogMeIn, a leading provider of PC remote access and support with a very interesting freemium model.

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Agile VC

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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Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

Google is still a private company (their IPO was Aug 2004). Online social networking is a concept still being evangelized even in Silicon Valley… Friendster is in private beta (wasn’t until Oct 2003 they received Google acquisition offer which they turned down for Kleiner/Benchmark round). A lot has changed. link] leehower.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Most notably, the ground-breaking development and rapid global distribution of mRNA vaccines highlighted the speed and scale of technological advances to outsmart humanity’s most dire threats. of the global population. a leading provider of procurement intelligence, the global business intelligence market is estimated to reach $30.9

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prosperati.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

There is this drive to create something new, crazy, innovative and globally game changing. There must be a healthy acquisition or IPO pipeline in the market. Malaysia unfortunately does not have a good technology IPO pipeline. Everyone does their best for the company because they are incentivized and correctly aligned.

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Pascal's View

AUGUST 12, 2009

It boggles the mind that Washington would enact new policies sure to prolong this (IPO) drought and strike at the heart of American innovation.” IPO drought testifies to a systemic liquidity crisis for emerging growth companies that is putting at risk an entire generation of innovative American companies. from the WSJ editorial).

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VC Adventure

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

What are your thoughts about M&A and IPOs – and a successful exit for ad tech startups? We’ve all seen the global statistics – August was an unusually strong month for mergers and acquisitions. Do you see a window developing? If a startup wants to get a meeting with a VC for potential investment, any tips?

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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. How to investment banks help with the M&A (mergers & acquisitions) process? This is often in the 5-7% range.

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Seeing Both Sides

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

The CEOs on the panel were (from left to right): Michael Simon, CEO/founder of LogMeIn (2009 IPO) . Scott Griffith, CEO ZipCar (2010 IPO). Gail Goodman, CEO Constant Contact (2007 IPO). Colin Angle, CEO/cofounder of iRobot (2005 IPO). Niraj Shah, CEO/cofounder of Wayfair ($500m revenue).

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 28, 2022

Before answering this, let’s take a look at what happened in the global software and cloud market over the last year. Before answering this, let’s take a look at what happened in the global software and cloud market over the last year. Beyond the giants, the momentum continues for the public companies in our global cloud Index.

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David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

The value ascribed by subsequent investors (in a secondary); buyers (acquisition); or the public markets (IPO). Yes, typically preferred equity. 15-20% sold per round. On average, founders own just 43% of equity by Series B , declining thereafter. Volatile, uncapped. Andressen Horowitz,ff Venture Capital,HOF Capital, Sequoia .

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

Not only does Zhongguancun have Chinese startups, but global technology companies (Nokia, Ericsson, Motorola, Sony Ericsson, Microsoft, IBM, Sun, Oracle, BEA, Alcatel Lucent, Google) all have offices here or elsewhere in Beijing. The <10% that decide to go global early do so by starting outside of China. billon, 260 million are 3G.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 2, 2016

Especially for entrepreneurs who have not built and sold companies before, and need this startup to be an attractive acquisition or IPO target in a few years, I can’t think of a better way to enlist outside experts and keep them motivated to help you meet the challenges of a startup. In my view, nothing could be further from the truth.

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David Teten

APRIL 1, 2011

I hope that you can join us Monday night, April 4, midtown NYC, at a panel on “Innovation in Private Company Liquidity-Online Merger Markets, Social Media, Secondary Markets, Non-US Markets, Private Equity, and the Disappearing IPO” The program is sponsored by the HBS Club of New York and the HBS Angels of NY.

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The Equity Kicker

MARCH 26, 2012

According to the National Venture Capital Association (of America) ninety-two percent of job creation comes after IPO. From a European perspective the important point here is that most acquisitions are made by US companies, and after that local job creation generally dwindles.

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The Equity Kicker

AUGUST 24, 2012

Nic Brisbourne on why the technology start-up ecosystem will remain an important part of the global economy, despite some recent missteps. These funders were providing liquidity to early investors and additional capital for growth, just like the IPO markets used to. My latest column for the Kernel. It was published on Wednesday.

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Growthink Blog

APRIL 2, 2014

Well, if you don’t, try on these IPO, M&A, and financing stats from 1st Quarter 2014: Initial Public Offerings: 72 companies went public in the U.S. And, as of Monday 54 of the 72 of them were trading above their IPO price. in the 1st quarter - the largest number of new issuers since 2000 -raising a total of 11.1 Private Equity.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

According to “ Global Trends Among Gen Z ” report by Snap and GlobalWebIndex, the top 5 interests for Gen Z’s ‘always on’ generation is Music (69%), Movies (61%), Gaming (54%) and Technology (53%) New technologies, primarily driven by AI/Automation : here we focus on machine learning, deep learning, NLP and computer vision/image recognition.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 11, 2017

Fortunately we proved skeptics wrong and every one of these strategic investors made a tidy 2.5 – 3x return once PayPal IPO’d in 2002 and then was acquired by eBay later that year. So the benefits both to the startup and the corporate VC must be overwhelming for it to be a good mutual fit early in a startup’s lifecycle. .

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2015

Especially for entrepreneurs who have not built and sold companies before, and need this startup to be an attractive acquisition or IPO target in a few years, I can’t think of a better way to enlist outside experts and keep them motivated to help you meet the challenges of a startup. In my view, nothing could be further from the truth.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 24, 2018

He was previously VP Product at Runkeeper (sold to Asics), a General Manager and Director of Product at Zynga (IPO), and Director of Product at Conduit Labs (sold to Zynga). Prior to Jet, Fatma was Director of Product Management at Rakuten and spearheaded key global initiatives including universal checkout and cross-border ecommerce.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2017

— Unremarked and unheralded, the balance of power between startup CEOs and their investors has radically changed: IPOs/M&A without a profit (or at times revenue) have become the norm. In the 20th century tech companies and their investors made money through an Initial Public Offering (IPO).

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Haystack

DECEMBER 26, 2018

on a global stage) and specifically the Bay Area (within the U.S.) This doesn’t even yet account for a bear-case scenario of all the private Bay Area juggernauts which are primed to IPO next year — if those all hit, and assuming local investors and employees own at least a third six months after IPO.

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David Teten

MAY 16, 2011

Kevin Barhydt, Head of Acquisitions, RPX. Joe Chernesky, Vice President and General Manager of Global Licensing Sales, Intellectual Ventures. Kevin Barhydt, Head of Acquisitions, RPX. Joe Chernesky, Vice President and General Manager of Global Licensing Sales, Intellectual Ventures. in Economics from Columbia University.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

Not only does Zhongguancun have Chinese startups, but global technology companies (Nokia, Ericsson, Motorola, Sony Ericsson, Microsoft, IBM, Sun, Oracle, BEA, Alcatel Lucent, Google) all have offices here or elsewhere in Beijing. The <10% that decide to go global early do so by starting outside of China. billon, 260 million are 3G.

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thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

As I was about to hit “send” on the newsletter this morning, a piece of news came through: Circle, founded by serial entrepreneur Jeremy Allaire (with two successful IPOs under his belt), announced its acquisition of crypto exchange Poloniex for a reported $400M. as well as Bittrex and Kraken, the runner-ups.

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Hippoland

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

The interesting thing about the US market is that customer acquisition these days is actually fairly straightforward online now for most customer audiences. This makes it easier to do customer acquisition for a consumer-based company. In the 90s, in the US, going IPO was a common liquidity path. Or will these companies go IPO?

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