abovethecrowd.com

AUGUST 23, 2020

The next morning, the exchange (either the NYSE or NASDAQ) finally does a market-based matching process where we find out the real price of the shares (ironically this is the exact process used in a Direct Listing, also ironically the only people allowed to sell are the ones given the shares the night before).

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Unfortunately, either information asymmetry or physical distances and the resulting distribution costs can both cut against the economic advantages that would otherwise arise for all. These transactions, and the profits realized by the sellers, were truly “unlocked” by eBay’s matching and auction services. annual GMV.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 25, 2020

People tell me there may be over 8,000 dating sites with scientific matchmaking algorithms worldwide, but I couldn’t find one that focused on scientifically matching companies and people for business-to-business (B2B) relationships. Look for a match in operating style and work ethics. I know it is rarely love at first sight.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Over the same 30 years, Venture Capital firms have honed their skills and strategies to match Wall Streets needs to achieve liquidity for their portfolio companies. billion for a company with less than $50 million in sales. On its first day of trading, Netscape stock closed at $58/share, valuing the company at $2.7 So what’s left?

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 8, 2015

For example, Google’s acquisition of Nest (which had customers, revenue and a distribution channel) allowed it to enter the connected home market immediately. Acquiring a growth-stage private startup can provide a faster ROI at lower risk than the acquisition of an early- stage startup. W hat would be the charter for our Innovation Outpost?

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

Finally, and importantly, society is better off because Amazon makes the system for distributing books (and other products) vastly more productive, freeing up resources for other value-creating investments. The second is distribution —the ability to get product into the hands of customers. Plenty of headroom there! Of course not.

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