Steve Blank

JULY 15, 2010

The collapse of the IPO market and dysfunctional math in the venture capital community has stacked the odds against you. VC’s invested their limited partners’ “risk capital” in a portfolio of startups in exchange for illiquid stock. Startup lifecycle in an IPO Market. Netscape’s 1995 IPO changed the rules.

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David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

Similar to the explosion of seed funds in the past decade, we (and some limited partners too ) believe these Flexible VCs are on the forefront of what will become a major segment of the venture ecosystem. The value ascribed by subsequent investors (in a secondary); buyers (acquisition); or the public markets (IPO).

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Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

Board Effect

MAY 10, 2019

The goal of venture funding is to get a very high return, usually in the form of an acquisition of the startup or IPO. At this stage, if business owners are fortunate enough to partner with a venture capitalist, they need to be prepared to take the money and make it grow quickly. How Venture Capitalism Works.

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