Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

The reward for doing so was a liquidity event via an Initial Public Offering. There was no repeatable methodology, startups and their VC’s still operated like startups were simply a smaller version of a large company. They taught you about customers, markets and profits. August 1995 – March 2000: The Dot.Com Bubble.

Internet 334

Internet IPO Silicon Valley Agile 334

Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

And from a financial perspective, any investor would be better off buying stock in Amazon than buying and share of a corner bookshop; if you invested $100 in Amazon’s 1997 initial public offering (IPO), those shares would have been worth about $120,000 in 2018. The second is a lack of operational scalability.

Cofounder 28

Cofounder Business Model IPO Non-Compete 28

online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com. In just a year of operations, Fab has signed up nearly 5 million members, sold 1.8 Personal Technology. What They Know. All Things Digital. Student Journal.

Silicon Valley 42

Silicon Valley Founder Software Review Technical Review 42

online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com. which makes a mobile app that rewards shoppers for creating a personal shopping mall and following their favorite stores. Semiconductors. Telecommunications.

Venture Capital 107

Venture Capital Software Review Rhode Island North Dakota 107