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| Page 1 of 4 | Previous | Next | | | START UP BLOG FEBRUARY 20, 2012 Facebook IPO repurcussions The upcoming Facebook IPO is a very interesting scenario. There are a lot of facts and figures being thrown around, but from my point of view I’m interested in just a few of them and what they mean for tech entreprepreneurs: 100 Billion Valuation: If the IPO is successful the expected valuation is 33 times their current revenue. | | JASON BALL MAY 10, 2011 The European start-up scene. It’s finally working. But, we need to see more high-profile European IPOs. Skype is grabbing for the ring , just got bought by Microsoft for a cool $7bn, Daniel Ek at Spotify is (rumored) to be gunning for an IPO. Europreneurship Events, Conferences and Panels Mergers and Acquisitions Venture CapitalWhat a difference a year makes. | | | | | | | |
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ABOVETHECROWD.COM | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2012 Why Facebook Clearly Belongs in the 10X Revenue Club
Brief disclosure, Benchmark Capital has a minority position in Facebook as a result of the acquisition of FriendFeed, a company that was incubated in our offices. Facebook Internet IPO Uncategorized Venture Capital Web/TechAttached are my thoughts on the Facebook S-1 along with some quick stabs at valuation. MORE >> - Why Hasn't NYC Produced Many Tech IPOs?
He suggests that the lack of NYC tech IPOs compared to Boston is a result of: The IPO culture hasn’t fully permeated NYC? Perhaps Boston CEOs, CFOs and boards feel more pressure to go public sooner and/or are comfortable with the IPO process because they community has done it so many times. NYC is a trader town. MORE >> -
GROWTHOLOGY | MONDAY, MAY 21, 2012  Post-IPO Employment and Revenue Growth
The slump in IPOs, also shown in this study, has already been documented elsewhere, for example in previous work by Ritter. The new contributions from this study pertain to post- IPO revenue and jobs. 1 The widely cited figure that 92 percent of employment growth comes after the IPO is not corroborated. MORE >> -
PASCAL'S VIEW | SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 2009  Barron’s Article on Tech IPO’s Misses the Importance of the Extinct Sub-$50 million IPO
On Monday, August 10, Barron’s ran a story “Does the IPO Market Shun Smaller Companies?”, This practice has created “ a near oligopolistic hold on tech IPOs ” by these large investment banks. The IPO chasm that exists today is the result of the death of the sub $50 million IPO. or $0.02 MORE >> -
GENUINE VC | MONDAY, MARCH 26, 2012  A New Dawn for Consumer Internet Acquisitions
Over the past decade, VCs have been lamenting about the poor state of the IPO markets and that the number of real potential acquirers for consumer internet startups has dwindled down to a handful, if that. That optimism, even, can extend beyond the IPO markets to M&A as well. MORE >>
- Real Entrepreneurs Exit If Their Startup Goes Public STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | TUESDAY, JULY 5, 2011
- Why an IPO Can Kill Your Innovation FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 2013
- Journey From Start-up to IPO FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2012
- Exit trends in 2010 JASON BALL | MONDAY, JANUARY 24, 2011
- Exits in Israel 2011: IPOs Pool is Dry, Buy M&A Activity up 134% VC CAFE | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2012
- Is the IPO Party Over? FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2012
- Entrepreneurs: What's Your Exit Strategy? - allensblog - Typepad ALLEN'S BLOG | SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 2012
- Forget IPO. The New Goal? Get Acquired FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2012
- BigDoor Acquires OneTrueFan FELD THOUGHTS | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2011
- What the Facebook IPO means: 10 things THIS IS GOING TO BE BIG. | FRIDAY, MAY 18, 2012
- Startup Acquisitions: Exit Strategy SEED STAGE CAPITAL | WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 2010
- LinkedIn Will Eventually Buy Quora MARK BIRCH | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 2012
- Facebook Pulls Off Largest Tech IPO Ever FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | FRIDAY, MAY 18, 2012
- On the Facebook IPO THE COMMON SENSE WEB... AN ENTREPRENEURS' BLOG | TUESDAY, MAY 15, 2012
- How an Acquisition is Like a Romance FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 2012
- IVC - Israeli High-Tech M&As and IPOs 2010 RECENT BUZZES - VC EXPERTS, INC. | THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 2011
- All Signs Point to 2014 Twitter IPO FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | TUESDAY, MAY 21, 2013
- IPO Anxiety - East Coast Version (part 1: MA) SEEING BOTH SIDES | TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2010
- Companies win, lose, or go nowhere. Going nowhere is the absolute worst. JESSICA MAH | TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 2008
- Recent Trends in Post - IPO Arrangements for Sponsors and Co-Investors RECENT BUZZES - VC EXPERTS, INC. | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 2011
- 2012 has been ‘the year of mobile’ but the big mobile ad acquisitions were made three years ago THE EQUITY KICKER | TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2012
- Knowing When It’s Time To Sell Your Startup YOUNGUPSTARTS | TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2012
- After Facebook's IPO flub, value of tech startups falls back to earth WWW.THEVERGE.COM | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 2012
- Jive Software Moves Ahead With IPO FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2011
- New Rules for the New Internet Bubble STEVE BLANK | FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 2011
- allensblog: Are We in a Bubble in the Internet Space? ALLEN'S BLOG | SUNDAY, JUNE 5, 2011
- Exit Activity Up 25% in 2010, as Signs Point to 2011 as "The Year of the IPO" READWRITESTART | MONDAY, JANUARY 3, 2011
- What does it feel like to be the CEO of a start-up? 3 FULL TIME JOBS. SCALABLE STARTUP | FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2012
- Paths to $5M for a startup founder GABRIEL WEINBERG | SUNDAY, JUNE 6, 2010
- Upsizing Your IPO - What You Need to Know About 430A - Part 1 of 2 RECENT BUZZES - VC EXPERTS, INC. | TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2010
- Upsizing Your IPO - What You Need to Know About 430A - Part 2 of 2 RECENT BUZZES - VC EXPERTS, INC. | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2010
- Israeli startup Wix Raises $40 Million, Wants to Become a Large Company in Israel VC CAFE | MONDAY, MARCH 28, 2011
- Weekend Reads: from Innovation to Recession VC CAFE | SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2010
- FINRA Rule 5131 Will Affect Lock-Up Agreements for IPO Shares Held RECENT BUZZES - VC EXPERTS, INC. | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2011
- Misused Statistics Do Not Help Entrepreneurs GROWTHOLOGY | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 2012
- Exits in Israel 2011: IPOs Pool is Dry, Buy M&A Activity up 134% VC CAFE | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2012
- First-timer entrepreneur symptoms and cures GABRIEL WEINBERG | THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 2010
- 24MAS Planning To IPO In The US Q2/2013 ARCTICSTARTUP | THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 2012
- April 4-Innovation in Private Company Liquidity-Online Merger Markets, Social Media, Secondary Markets, Non-US Markets, Private Equity, and the Disappearing IPO DAVID TETEN | FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 2011
- More Details On Yandex IPO Revealed ARCTICSTARTUP | THURSDAY, MAY 12, 2011
- Ten million users is the new one million users CHRIS DIXON | FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 2012
- Wannabe entrepreneur symptoms and cures GABRIEL WEINBERG | SUNDAY, JULY 25, 2010
- Mellanox – Passing the Billion Dollar limit ISRAEL VENTURE CAPITAL 2.0 | MONDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2011
- Here is Why You Need a Good Startup Exit Strategy STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2012
- Some Quick Thoughts on Exits for Technology Startups BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2012
- This is Already the Third Biggest Year in the History of Venture Capital POINT JUDITH CAPITAL | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2012
- 8 Predictions for Private Companies in 2013 FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 2013
- Is it a tech bubble? CHRIS DIXON | SUNDAY, APRIL 29, 2012
- Coming Soon: A Game Of Startup M&A Musical Chairs SEED STAGE CAPITAL | MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 2011
- 5 Predictions for 2012 – The Israeli Version ISRAEL VENTURE CAPITAL 2.0 | SUNDAY, JANUARY 15, 2012
- Selling Your Company Won't Make You Happy FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 2012
- A Better Definition of Big Data VENTURE CYCLIST | TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 2012
- Is the J-curve a myth? GUST | THURSDAY, JULY 26, 2012
- VCs & CEOs Predict 2013: Report FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2012
- “Bored” of Directors Can Become Clash of Titans GUST | WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 2012
- Startup Valuation: How Much Is Your Company Worth? SEED STAGE CAPITAL | TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 2010
- The Tug Of War Between M&A and VC A VC : VENTURE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY | TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 2010
- Entrepreneurshit. The Blog Post on What It’s Really Like. BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2012
- Start-up Fever? Actually, We're in a New-Business Drought FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 2012
- Facebook Counting Down to First Earnings Call FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | MONDAY, JULY 23, 2012
- What Makes A Great Startup? STARTUP MARKETING BLOG | FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 2009
- Your Product Needs to be 10x Better than the Competition to Win. Here’s Why: BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 2011
- Facebook and Instagram THE EQUITY KICKER | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 2012
- Hacking Angel List | VentureArchetypes Blog: Seed Stage Capital SEED STAGE CAPITAL | WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 2011
- Buying FORCE OF GOOD: A BLOG BY LANCE WEATHERBY | MONDAY, MAY 14, 2012
- Crazy MA Week ISRAEL VENTURE CAPITAL 2.0 | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2009
- SaaS has been hot for a while, now blistering THE EQUITY KICKER | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2012
- Long-tail acquirers for medium exits GABRIEL WEINBERG | TUESDAY, MAY 15, 2012
- Yahoo/Tumblr: Peanut Butter & Chocolate? THEBAREFOOTVC | MONDAY, MAY 20, 2013
- The Most Talked About Business Moves of 2012 FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2012
- JOBS Act to Change Startup Funding Landscape READWRITESTART | MONDAY, APRIL 2, 2012
- The State of Cleantech Venture Capital: What Lies Ahead SECRET FORMULA | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 2013
- Twitter's Ad Products to Go Global FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 2012
- Is There a Valuation Bubble for Social Media Companies (and if so, is it Bursting)? PASCAL'S VIEW | SUNDAY, AUGUST 21, 2011
- Top 5 Scaling Lessons From Superhero CEOs SEEING BOTH SIDES | TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2011
- Phase Forward: Remembering the Early Days VENTURE CYCLIST | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2012
- Some insight into how Instagram secured a $1bn valuation THE EQUITY KICKER | FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 2012
- Goldman’s Investment Actually Values Facebook at Much Less Than $50 Billion VINICIUS VACANTI | TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 2011
- Why There Aren't More Googles WWW.PAULGRAHAM.COM | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 2010
- Three slides from Mary Meeker show why mobile advertising is so hot right now THE EQUITY KICKER | THURSDAY, MAY 31, 2012
- 4 Reasons You'll Fail at Entrepreneurship FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2013
- Allen's Blog: Keep the Faith ALLEN'S BLOG | SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 2006
- Israeli Startups Raised $2.14 Billion in 2011 VC CAFE | TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2012
- 4 Lessons from Yammer's Success FRESH INC.: THE STAFF BLOG | FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 2012
- Subscriptions are the New BLACK. (+ why Facebook, Google, & Apple. 500 HATS | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2010
- Startup Business Development Strategies: 7 Tips For Putting. SEED STAGE CAPITAL | SUNDAY, JANUARY 24, 2010
- Startup Exits Should Be Positive and Planned Early STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 2011
- Should Startups Focus on Profitability or Not? BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2011
- Urbanization of Startups � AGILEVC AGILE VC | FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 2012
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