Remove Finance Remove Initial Public Offering Remove Software Review Remove Venture Capital
article thumbnail

Planning for the Future: Your Exit Strategy

Up and Running

For anyone seeking venture capital funding or angel investment , having a clear exit strategy is essential. Initial Public Offering (IPO). There’s also the added bonus that you’ll have to do a lot less due diligence. In fact, this is exactly what happened at Palo Alto Software. Liquidation.

article thumbnail

Why Uber is The Revenge of the Founders

Steve Blank

A version of this article is in the Harvard Business Review. 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.

Founder 274
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

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

online.wsj.com

Computer Software. Media & Marketing. Small Business. More Industries. Accounting. Advertising. Broadcasting & Entertainment. Computer Hardware. Consumer Products. Defense & Aerospace. Financial Services & Insurance. Food & Tobacco. Hospitality. Industrial Goods & Services. Marketing & Strategy. Media Agencies. Metals & Mining. NAME Comcast.

article thumbnail

In Silicon Valley, Founders Fight for Control

online.wsj.com

This service is temporary unavailable due to system maintenance. Loading… Personal Finance. Personal Finance. Please register to gain free access to WSJ tools. An account already exists for the email address entered. Forgot your username or password? Please try again later. The username entered is already associated with.