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In Silicon Valley, Founders Fight for Control

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In the 1990s Internet boom, easy money helped founders maintain more control early in a companys evolution, but founder CEOs without voting control often got replaced by a professional manager ahead of an IPO. ignited the current trend by adopting a dual-class voting structure before its IPO in 2004. Enlarge Image Close. Google Inc.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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Less than 1% are currently in IPO registration. Distribution and use of this material are governed by our Subscriber Agreement and by copyright law. Opinion: Noonan: The Romney Campaign Needs a New CEO. Opinion: Noonan: The Romney Campaign Needs a New CEO. —Vanessa OConnell contributed to this article. California.

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Summer in the City: Why there's no other place I'd rather be than New York

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The speed of that initial spread caught the state and local governments flat-footed. Racial equity protests campaigned hard for change in how policing is done. Oh, and don’t mind our completely deregulated electrical grid designed around a paranoid fear of national government and shameless prioritization of profits over people.

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Customers Love Free Stuff … But That’s Not Your Problem

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Paypal famously offered customers $5 to invite a friend, who would then also get $5 as part of a highly successful viral marketing campaign (they actually started at $20, and then reduced it to $10 and then ended at $5). If somehow Sofi could obtain allocation to these so called “hot IPOs” clearly it would be a powerful marketing tool.

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