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Putting Twitter’s IPO in Perspective

Agile VC

Twitter’s IPO has garnered a ton of attention in the tech and popular press. So their revenue figures, pre IPO financing and ownership, and other info is all widely available. Growth IPOs Are Back. Tomorrow we’ll know Twitter’s market cap definitively, at least near term.

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Does Fintech Disruption Break The Investment Banking Model?

YoungUpstarts

Here digital intercepts of consumer activities are aggregated into large data sets, analysed, and assessed versus market expectations. Here’s where machine-learning comes into play to self-correct over time, dynamically adjusting detection algorithms based on experience, aiming to keep everything within a controllable cost/risk limit.

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NextView’s Greatest Hits

View from Seed

So, we decided to aggregate NextView’s “greatest hits.” Finance is about reporting on historical performance and future planning through the lens of financial metrics.” Why Do Consumer IPOs and B2B IPOs Get Treated Differently? ” (Melody Koh). ” (Melody Koh). ” (Melody Koh).

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Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Steve Blank

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.

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“I guess we’ll know we’ve made it when a woman can get away with behaving like Elon Musk.” Talking With VC Ashley Mayer About Finding Your Career, Taking Box Public, And Why She’s Not Interested In Reading Yet Another Female CEO Takedown

Hunter Walker

Hunter Walk: Ok, so we first met when you were leading comms at enterprise software company Box, a startup you joined when they were still pretty early and stayed at until post-IPO. HW: Anyone who’s been through an IPO, I always like to ask about the experience because it’s such a classic, if statistically rare, startup milestone.

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Reinventing Life Science Startups – Medical Devices and Digital Health

Steve Blank

Recently, the financing of innovation in medical devices has collapsed even further with most Class III devices simply unfundable. Because device IPOs are rare, and M&A is much tougher, liquidity for investors is hard to find. Startups need to understand all sides of the market long before they ever consider selling a product.

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The Big VC Thaw – Why The Market is Moving Again (part 2 of 3)

Both Sides of the Table

When the NVCA or PriceWaterhouse surveys come out at the end of year I’m not saying they will necessarily will show aggregate $$$ or deal numbers up. IPOs and M&A have returned – and with them the investment bankers have staged a rebound. – IPO-able in any normal market. There is a lot of pent-up demand.

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