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JOBS Act to Change Startup Funding Landscape

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IPOs by year, 1980-2011, with pre-IPO last 12-month sales less than (small firms) or greater than (large firms) $50 million (2009 purchasing power). But it could affect one thing right away: the level of buzz and information surrounding young IPOs, which no longer have to keep mum. Number of U.S. Credit: Prof.

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The Internet Might Kill Us All

Steve Blank

In 5 to 10 years most of them will be worth a fraction of their IPO price. I hypothesize that unlike bubbles in other sectors – tulips, Florida land prices, housing, financial – tech bubbles create lasting value. In the 21 st century, authoritarian governments still fear their own people talking to each other and asking questions.

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In Silicon Valley, Founders Fight for Control

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In the 1990s Internet boom, easy money helped founders maintain more control early in a companys evolution, but founder CEOs without voting control often got replaced by a professional manager ahead of an IPO. ignited the current trend by adopting a dual-class voting structure before its IPO in 2004. Enlarge Image Close. Google Inc.

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

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Less than 1% are currently in IPO registration. Distribution and use of this material are governed by our Subscriber Agreement and by copyright law. DJVentureWire : Friday IPOs Fail to Price as Thursdays Rally Doesnt Carry [link]. —Vanessa OConnell contributed to this article. Copyright 2012 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.

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Summer in the City: Why there's no other place I'd rather be than New York

This is going to be BIG.

The speed of that initial spread caught the state and local governments flat-footed. The “Big Lie” of a stolen election was perpetrated by politicians from places like Texas and Florida—the kinds of places New Yorkers were escaping to that had promised better alternatives to our local tech community. Come to Miami! Come to Austin!

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Customers Love Free Stuff … But That’s Not Your Problem

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On March 26, SoFi announced that “it will be offering its members (at least those with $3K in their account) the ability to invest in IPOs for companies going public, an investment opportunity that has traditionally been reserved for large institutional investors or ultra-high-net-worth individuals.”

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