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JUNE 22, 2011

And this is happening in mezzanine (pre-IPO) deals as well. Or Salesforce.com who rose to prominence in this same period where they were ramping up PR and shouting from mountain tops when everybody else in the market was mute. And post IPO deals, although these tend to correct more quickly. Why does all this matter?

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JUNE 29, 2011

Open cloud led by Amazon with their AWS services drove total operating costs down by 90%. As some of the last generation of startups have gotten bigger many VCs have also chased later-stage investments that were traditionally dominated by growth equity or mezzanine funds. This led to an explosion in startups.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Researchers polled experts in lending, mezzanine capital, private equity, venture capital and private businesses themselves. Researchers divided the portfolio companies into six stages and startups are still operating a loss in each of the first four. Pepperdine Business Press Room – Graziadio School PR [.] Think Again.

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