ReadWriteStart

JULY 20, 2023

In this article, we delve into the world of tech-ish companies and explore the seismic impact of initial public offerings (IPOs) on their growth and profitability. In a landscape where IPOs are few and far between, certain tech companies have managed to seize the moment and captivate the market with their stellar public offerings.

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IPO Startup Initial Public Offering eCommerce 107

Agile VC

APRIL 30, 2019

2019 is off to an exciting start for IPOs of VC-backed startups. All three have different business models… SaaS, media/ad, and consumer transactional. All three are impressive and valuable businesses in their own right. In the last decade or so, high profile consumer IPOs have often gotten lofty valuations.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 22, 2014

Few entrepreneurs find this scalable and repeatable business model because it’s not easy. Startups still need capital to scale once they find good product-market fit and a repeatable-scalable business model.). They failed due to: the dearth of deals in the region that have IPO potential and.

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Early Stage Silicon Valley Oregon Technical Review 286

Steve Blank

APRIL 23, 2014

Most large companies manage three types of innovation: process innovation (making existing products incrementally better), continuous innovation (building on the strength of the company’s current business model but creating new elements) and disruptive innovation (creating products or services that did not exist before.).

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Acquisition Intellectual Property Silicon Valley Startup 332

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 23, 2013

Marketo filed for IPO with impressive 80% year-over-year growth in 2012, with almost $60m in revenue. So no, this upside-down business model isn’t what a SaaS business should construct. Except, they lost $35m. It’s not impressive when you spend $1.60 for every $1.00

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2022

Today the rate of startups going public (IPO – Initial Public Offering) is finally up from the dead zone of the last two decades, and is now double the rate back in 1999. Thus, today around 90 percent of successful startups are still acquired by bigger companies versus an IPO, as the safer and preferred method of growth and funding.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 14, 2022

It is here that the groundwork is laid and the business model developed. A business plan is drawn up to attract investors and partners. The legalities of starting the business are addressed to create a structure for attracting funding. The journey commences by finding a solution for an everyday problem.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

Today the rate of startups going public (IPO – Initial Public Offering) is up from the dead zone, but is still less than half the rate of 15 years ago. According to a recent Ernst & Young global report , 2014 was a strong year with IPOs actually outperforming other indices by 10 percent. Going public is an expensive process.

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IPO SEC Prospectus Startup 120

Agile VC

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

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. Instagram hadn’t built a true business (e.g. Growth IPOs Are Back. Value of Media vs E-Commerce vs Premium Services.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Today the rate of startups going public (IPO – Initial Public Offering) is at an all-time low, and most entrepreneurs avoid this option like the plague, knowing the process is painful, and public company executives are seen as greedy sharks. entrepreneur Mark Zuckerberg startup investor IPO exit' Going public is an expensive process.

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IPO SEC Prospectus Startup 242

The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 3, 2021

Lazarus has developed a reputation in the Melbourne and Sydney business communities as a consultant who is brutally honest yet caring and highly effective at the same time.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 15, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, July 15, 2010 Some IPO speculation Inspired by Steve Blank’s post today about the “lost decade&# of IPO’s , I’d like to make some predictions. The fact that IPO’s are disappearing makes intuitive sense to me. Let me be clear: Steve is the historian.

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Gust

DECEMBER 28, 2011

If the company was successful, this quickly led to an IPO – a very happy ending for the entrepreneur, the angels, and the venture capitalists. The two major differences in the exit environment in the past decade are (1) the disappearance of the IPO market and (2) the rapidly increasing size of the average VC fund.

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Start Up Blog

MAY 13, 2019

Last Friday night, I did a TV interview on ABC regarding Uber’s long awaited IPO. An IPO is when a company first becomes a publicly traded stock that anyone can buy and hold. Amazon IPO 1997 – 2 years after it was founded. Google IPO 2004 – 5 years after it was founded.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2022

VCs tend to carry their partners much longer, in hopes of a big public offering (IPO) that could produce a windfall. It’s the right way to get money without giving up too much equity or control of your business. Super angels sometimes drive up valuations. Marty Zwilling.

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Angel Investor Venture Capital Silicon Valley Portfolio 342

Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

business model and team. I usually don’t back a business unless there are founders that can build, sell, and service the new solution that is being brought to market. Here are the ingredients: Business model : This is actually the most important ingredient of the five. Momentum has a way of building?—?and

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Bootstrapping IPO Business Model Software Review 52

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

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.) What this meant for entrepreneurs and VC’s was simple, profound and unappreciated today: VC’s worked with entrepreneurs to build profitable and scalable businesses.

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Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 217

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2023

At this point, most Angel investors and a few early-stage VCs will be happy to talk, assuming you have the business model validated, and a large opportunity. You are now entering the rollout stage , with money required for marketing, hiring a full-time team, and a production process. Congratulations!

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Angel Investor Intellectual Property Investment Bankers Private Equity 313

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Others believe that new business models are emerging that could replace venture capital all together. Companies are raising billions of dollars in the private markets and the valuations are enormous PRIOR to the IPO. We’re in a new tech bubble!” some have pronounced. Valuations are out of control” is the mantra of others.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

And this is happening in mezzanine (pre-IPO) deals as well. And post IPO deals, although these tend to correct more quickly. If everybody is over-paying for early-to-mid stage deals you’d imagine that these all need to feed into a frenzied M&A and IPO market that will garner big returns for these risks investors are taking.

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Saudi Arabia Valuation IPO Technical Review 309

NZ Entrepreneur

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

experiments to build a product, find customers, test business models and hire amazing people. Creating this value is anchored in finding a repeatable, scalable business model. pivot the business. Generating liquidity usually entails either selling the venture or an IPO. Risk and reward. change the CEO.

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Technical Review Software Review New Zealand Due Diligence 88

The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

When he founded Netflix as a DVD rental service in 1997, Hastings had already led one company, Pure Software, from its birth to an IPO. So we simply went too fast and didn’t anticipate how devoted some people still were to that part of our business. You’ve IPOed two companies. We learned from it, corrected it and moved on.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 16, 2016

This happens when you either sell your company ( M&A ) or go public (an IPO.) As the company goes from searching for a business model to growth , only then will they bring in a new “professional” management team to scale the company (along with a business development executive to search for an acquirer) or prepare for an IPO.

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Liquidity Event Founder Liquidation Preference Venture Capital 120

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2020

At this point, most Angel investors and a few early-stage VCs will be happy to talk, assuming you have the business model validated, and a large opportunity. You are now entering the rollout stage , with money required for marketing, hiring a full-time team, and a production process. Congratulations!

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Angel Investor Intellectual Property Investment Bankers Private Equity 370

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 19, 2020

VCs tend to carry their partners much longer, in hopes of a big public offering (IPO) that could produce a windfall. It’s the right way to get money without giving up too much equity or control of your business. Super angels sometimes drive up valuations. Marty Zwilling.

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Angel Investor Venture Capital Silicon Valley Startup 314

The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Targeting new investors is your priority — whether your company is gearing up for an IPO or it’s already on the market. Your ESG policies shed light on the initiatives your company embraces to create a more sustainable and ethical business model. And you wouldn’t be alone.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

The business opportunity includes information on your market, management team, and financials including the business model, anticipated returns, funding requirement and utilisation of funds. Market analysis.

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Business Plan Technical Review Initial Public Offering Due Diligence 93

Growthink Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

In that same time frame, United States IPO volume declined 75% in real terms and now accounts for less than 11% of the global total. 7 Companies in China have raised more than $1 billion in an IPO this year. IPO by far this year will be the government ward General Motors. In the U.S. Your India strategy? • How can they find you?

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NZ Entrepreneur

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

One of the main (and early) steps is to make a considered decision about what IP means to your business and what IP tools will be used to support your business model. Not doing so can cause big problems later for your business. The IPO did not proceed. Make IP decisions and do so early. The shotgun approach.

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Intellectual Property IP Software Review New Zealand 45

thebarefootvc

JANUARY 27, 2014

The influx of capital contributing to these valuations is happening at the lower risk, pre-IPO stage—once a company has scaled to prove out its business model with significant revenue and/or market share. Which leads to…. Demand for late stage VC-backed companies. This creates even more opportunity to drive valuations higher.

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Technical Review Valuation Venture Capital Investment Bankers 63

Mucker Lab

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Why should a public market downturn determine an investment in a startup that has seven to 10 years to go before it can even think about an IPO? But many of today’s billion dollar venture firms invest in four-person startups as well as pre-IPO startups with thousands of employees. The road ahead for entrepreneurs.

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Version One Ventures

JUNE 29, 2017

As one can imagine, the media commentary was not pretty, calling the IPO a disappointment , the stock stale out of the box , and lamenting that the stock forgot to pop. It was not the easiest road for them as they had to cut the originally proposed price range of $15-17 to $10 and closed the first day just around that at $10.01.

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Growthink Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2017

In describing the competitive landscape, show how your business model creates competitive advantages, and – more importantly – defensible barriers to entry. The most common exits are IPOs or acquisitions. And when describing competitors’ weaknesses, be sure to use objective information (e.g. market research).

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Venture Capital Business Plan Technical Review Private Placement 129

Venture Chronicles

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Like most people, I had the opportunity to review Facebook’s IPO filing yesterday and admit that, like Apple’s recent earnings announcement, this is pretty damn impressive. Facebook was criticized for not having a business model, well they did and it was a tried-and-true one… advertising.

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Growthink Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

Last week , I shared the lessons of liquidity and sector that the intelligent early - stage investor can learn from Facebook's IPO. Simply put, global technological inter-connectedness drives the winning business models to heights never seen before … …because of this, there are a lot fewer of them. To summarize: 1.

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IPO Private Equity Early Stage Equity 67

Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

Dot.com Bubble ( 1995-2000): “ Anything goes” as public markets clamor for ideas, vague promises of future growth, and IPOs happen absent regard for history or profitability. With Netscape’s IPO , there was suddenly a public market for companies with limited revenue and no profit. The New Bubble : (2011 – 2014): Here we go again…. (If

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Internet IPO Silicon Valley Agile 334

Steve Blank

JUNE 4, 2012

This is a 3-day program for entrepreneurship faculty from around the world how to teach entrepreneurship via the Lean LaunchPad approach ( business model canvas + customer development ) and bring their entrepreneurship curriculums into the 21st century. Small businesses make up 99.7% Mainstream Entrepreneurship.

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Silicon Valley Lean Utah Customer Development 305