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6 Risks For Taking A Side Door Into A Public Exchange

Startup Professionals Musings

Thus I’m getting more questions on new mechanisms, like crowd funding, or going public through the side door as a reverse merger. That still requires a business team and story that continually motivates stock brokers and public stockholders. Yet reverse mergers are not all bad.

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6 Considerations For Going Public Via Reverse Merger

Startup Professionals Musings

Thus I’m getting more questions on new mechanisms, like crowd funding, or going public through the side door as a reverse merger. That still requires a business team and story that continually motivates stock brokers and public stockholders. Yet reverse mergers are not all bad.

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6 Hurdles For Going Public Through A Reverse Merger

Startup Professionals Musings

Thus I’m getting more questions on new mechanisms, like crowd funding, or going public through the side door as a reverse merger. That still requires a business team and story that continually motivates stock brokers and public stockholders. Yet reverse mergers are not all bad.

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Is A Reverse Merger The Way To Fund Your Startup?

Startup Professionals Musings

Thus I’m getting more questions on new mechanisms, like crowd funding, and an old one long out of favor, the so-called “reverse merger.” That still requires a business team and story that continually motivates stock brokers and public stockholders. Yet reverse mergers are not all bad.

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6 Challenges In Going Public Through The Backdoor

Startup Professionals Musings

Thus I’m getting more questions on new mechanisms, like crowd funding, or going public through the backdoor as a reverse merger. That still requires a business team and story that continually motivates stock brokers and public stockholders. Yet reverse mergers are not all bad.

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The pioneers of Silicon Valley’s fast culture on how to grow quickly, not recklessly

Reid Hoffman

But in today’s world, speed-to-scale entrepreneurship is what we need to improve society, transform industries, and create massive value for customers, employees, and investors. When the market conditions are right, you should blitzscale for the benefit of all stakeholders: customers, employees, investors, and society.

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Blitzscaling: Silicon Valley’s Harmful Idea of Success

Austin Startup

Almost immediately, people started to dig what we were doing: Digital Trends named Localeur one of their favorite new apps of SXSW 2013 and other press followed. How much you raised during your last round and how many employees you have are viewed primarily through the lens of how much money is at hand, mission of your business be damned.