Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Technology cycles have become a treadmill, and for startups to survive they need to be on a continuous innovation cycle. 20th Century Tech Liquidity = Initial Public Offering. In the 20th century tech companies and their investors made money through an Initial Public Offering (IPO).

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2010

A few, like Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), actually do provide management services to startups, invest in startups, or provide early-stage venture capital, but that is not called an investment service and is part of a function called Emerging Technologies, or sometimes Private Equity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2013

Within the venture community, the first rule to remember is that opportunities abound these days, due to the increasing pace of technology evolution, and the scope and creativity of the global community. That means merger and acquisition (M&A), not initial public offering (IPO). Exit strategy.

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Pascal's View

MAY 13, 2011

This is a good example of technology driven market change being accelerated by new securities regulations). The market may have a taste for $100 million initial public offerings today, but that’s because there is a liquidity problem, not because there is something inherently wrong with raising $50 million or less in an IPO.

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Pascal's View

AUGUST 22, 2009

Deninger points out in the article that “In recent years, VC firms have become too dependent on mergers and acquisitions as the exit strategy of choice. In fact, most tech-start-ups are ‘built for acquisition’, as opposed to being built to become the next publicly held Microsoft or Oracle.”

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 20, 2014

222 firms held initial public offerings last year, raising $55 Billion, the most since 406 companies went public for $97 million in 2000. The bull market will celebrate its 5 th anniversary in March (NASDAQ grew 38.3% last year, more than any other major index), and the IPO market is booming.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

An entrepreneur with a hot technology and venture-capital funding becomes a billionaire in his 20s. In early 2011 an acquisition by a Fortune 500 company fell apart. Whats on your technology toolbelt? more in Small Business. Find New $LINKTEXTFIND$ » smaller. link] [link] --> By DEBORAH GAGE. Members: 220. Topics: 12.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

If and when a startup gets big enough, it can pursue an initial public offering (IPO) to get listed on the stock market, and raise funds publicly. First, let’s consider the existence of Special-Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) and the nature of corporate VCs. Corporate VCs and SPACs. Conclusion.

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