ReadWriteStart

JULY 20, 2023

While venture-backed startups struggle to find relief amidst a backlog of richly priced ventures, some tech companies are defying expectations and going public with resounding triumphs. Despite the allure of high-margin recurring revenue, many smaller firms that sell software products are struggling to demonstrate sustainable profitability.

IPO 107

IPO Startup Initial Public Offering eCommerce 107

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 5, 2012

Of course, growth and development are really a continuum. This is the initial excitement period, the time when you dream of riches and fantasize the life of a business owner, but you have no real plan. This normally means more then 30 employees, and more then $1 million in revenue. Lesser amounts remain in the angel realm.

Investment Bankers 241

Investment Bankers Venture Capital Startup Initial Public Offering 241

Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

VC’s worked with entrepreneurs to build profitable and scalable businesses, with increasing revenue and consistent profitability – quarter after quarter. The reward for doing so was a liquidity event via an Initial Public Offering. They taught you about customers, markets and profits.

Internet 335

Internet IPO Silicon Valley Agile 335

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

In the old days, every entrepreneur dreamed of someday taking their startup public, and making it a multi-national powerhouse. According to an Ernst & Young report , the number of startups that have gone public in the US over the past decade is down about 75% from the previous decade, to about 10% of startup exits.

IPO 242

IPO SEC Prospectus Startup 242

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2010

Of course, growth and development are really a continuum. This is the initial excitement period, the time when you dream of riches and fantasize the life of a business owner, but you have no real plan. This normally means more then 30 employees, and more then $1 million in revenue. Lesser amounts remain in the angel realm.

Investment Bankers 231

Investment Bankers Venture Capital Startup Initial Public Offering 231

Gust

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

Of course, growth and development are really a continuum. This is the initial excitement period, the time when you dream of riches and fantasize the life of a business owner, but you have no real plan. This normally means more then 30 employees, and more then $1 million in revenue. Lesser amounts remain in the angel realm.

Venture Capital 171

Venture Capital Investment Bankers Angel Investor Initial Public Offering 171

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2017

— Unremarked and unheralded, the balance of power between startup CEOs and their investors has radically changed: IPOs/M&A without a profit (or at times revenue) have become the norm. 20th Century Tech Liquidity = Initial Public Offering. In 1995 Netscape changed the rules about going public.

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Founder Technical Review CTO Hire IPO 274