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Why Uber is The Revenge of the Founders

Steve Blank

20th Century Tech Liquidity = Initial Public Offering. In the 20th century tech companies and their investors made money through an Initial Public Offering (IPO). A 20th century VC was likely to have an MBA or finance background. 4. Founder-friendly VCs.

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How do you find a startup investor?

The Startup Magazine

A successful startup can yield a pot of gold if there’s an initial public offering. You’ll need an excellent marketing campaign, with a special emphasis on social media. They have a wide variety of professions, from business experts to successful leaders, to corporate leaders, to doctors and lawyers.

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Three economic trends for 2011 (fueled by startup goodness)

crowdSPRING Blog

Three trends which started in 2010 should continue into 2011 and should accelerate as the year goes on: VC funding will continue to accelerate fueled by the global growth in entrepreneurship; job creation will see gains, fueled by startups and small business; initial public offerings will see a comeback.

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1st Quarter 2014: Best for Investing in 15 Years

Growthink Blog

Well, if you don’t, try on these IPO, M&A, and financing stats from 1st Quarter 2014: Initial Public Offerings: 72 companies went public in the U.S. Don’t you just love these booming markets? in the 1st quarter - the largest number of new issuers since 2000 -raising a total of 11.1 billion.

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In Silicon Valley, Founders Fight for Control

online.wsj.com

Loading… Personal Finance. Personal Finance. About 14% of the technology firms that have held initial public offerings between January 2011 and the end of June 2012 went public with at least two share classes—more than twice the 6.4% Finance Jobs |. Personal Finance. » More.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

online.wsj.com

Media & Marketing. Media Agencies. based companies initially funded by venture capital between 2006 and 2011, 84% now are closely held and operating independently, 11% were acquired or made initial public offerings of stock and 4% went out of business, according to Dow Jones VentureSource. Management.