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6 Risks For Taking A Side Door Into A Public Exchange

Startup Professionals Musings

A reverse merger is the acquisition of an already public company (usually a dormant shell) to avoid the Initial Public Offering (IPO) process and cost, to quickly get your startup on a public exchange for fund raising through visibility and selling stock. This approach is thus not viable for entrepreneurs already out of money.

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6 Considerations For Going Public Via Reverse Merger

Startup Professionals Musings

A reverse merger is the acquisition of an already public company (usually a dormant shell) to avoid the Initial Public Offering (IPO) process and cost, to quickly get your startup on a public exchange for fund raising through visibility and selling stock. This approach is thus not viable for entrepreneurs already out of money.

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Venture Capitalists, Super Angels and the State of Startup Funding

mashable.com

Gregory Wehmeyer True, Ben, once upon a time, Angel Investors provided the launching pad for Venture Capital Firms to propel any startup on two legs toward a successful IPO. We are coaching VCs and Angel Investors everyday who call us wanting to understand our Early Stage LPO versus late stage IPO approach to business.

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Venture Capitalists, Super Angels and the State of Startup Funding

mashable.com

Gregory Wehmeyer True, Ben, once upon a time, Angel Investors provided the launching pad for Venture Capital Firms to propel any startup on two legs toward a successful IPO. We are coaching VCs and Angel Investors everyday who call us wanting to understand our Early Stage LPO versus late stage IPO approach to business.

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Care.com IPO and the Upromise Mafia

Seeing Both Sides

I was excited to see Care.com''s successful IPO yesterday for multiple reasons. . First, it augurs well for 2014 as another strong IPO year in genearl and for technology companies in particular. This happened in my first company, Open Market (IPO''96), which spawned a dozen CEOs/founders in the area (e.g.,

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JOBS Act to Change Startup Funding Landscape

ReadWriteStart

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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Founder Interview: Richard Lavina Innovating Accounting Services with Taxfyle

The Startup Magazine

We’re very bullish that we have a product that serves a broad enough need and our solution is novel enough that we could definitely see an IPO as a possibility in our future. Richard: I was bitten by a shark on my chest while lobstering in the Florida Keys. Richard: Given our growth trajectory, this past year we grew more than 290%.

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