Down Round Internet IPO Technology 
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 5, 2011
Early-stage investors in technology startups are only looking for growth-oriented companies that can achieve an “exit&# someday – either via selling your company to a larger company or via an IPO. The obvious thing that investors think about is making a financial return on the investment they made in your company.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 22, 2011
The fact that today’s Internet bubble does not represent all companies does not disprove its existence. Ah, but today’s Internet companies have real revenue! Responses ranged from, “hey, they’re in a HUGE market&# to “it is an amazing company and their technology rocks.&# and profits!
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abovethecrowd.com
APRIL 20, 2016
The pressures of lofty paper valuations, massive burn rates (and the subsequent need for more cash), and unprecedented low levels of IPOs and M&A, have created a complex and unique circumstance which many Unicorn CEOs and investors are ill-prepared to navigate. The same thing happened to many Internet stocks.
Reid Hoffman
JUNE 8, 2021
Airbnb was preparing for an IPO right when the pandemic hit, and everything changed in a matter of days. And back then, the word technology may as well have been like a dictionary definition for the word good. In other words, all technology was a step forward for humanity. Obviously, the challenges of 2020 were next level.
Reid Hoffman
JUNE 8, 2021
Airbnb was preparing for an IPO right when the pandemic hit, and everything changed in a matter of days. And back then, the word technology may as well have been like a dictionary definition for the word good. In other words, all technology was a step forward for humanity. Obviously, the challenges of 2020 were next level.
Scalable Startup
FEBRUARY 1, 2013
Marc Andreessen: So the computer industry started in 1950 and basically ran for 50 years with the same model, which was a model where all of the new computers, all the new technology, all the new software started out being sold for the highest prices to the biggest organizations. So originally the customer was the Department of Defense.
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 30, 2016
Many had started IPO’ing and we started to think about our future. Six firms had expressed strong interest, two had strong champions already trying to test price and round size and one had made it clear they were planning to submit a term sheet the following week. forward sales with some as high as 12x sales.
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