Ben's Blog

AUGUST 31, 2020

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2017

— Unremarked and unheralded, the balance of power between startup CEOs and their investors has radically changed: IPOs/M&A without a profit (or at times revenue) have become the norm. In the 20th century tech companies and their investors made money through an Initial Public Offering (IPO).

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Agile VC

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Startup IPO Market: A Fickle Mistress. The IPO market, she is a fickle mistress. In the first half of 2011, the IPO markets were looking strong for VC-backed companies. For a time that meant that other category leaders accelerated their own IPO plans… think Groupon and Zynga. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Initial Public Offerings (IPO) are back as an exit strategy. Investors are showing an increased appetite for new stocks, with a good percentage of deals pricing above the marketed share price range. Entrepreneurs now can think globally about the opportunity, from day one but start locally.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

Today the rate of startups going public (IPO – Initial Public Offering) is up from the dead zone, but is still less than half the rate of 15 years ago. According to a recent Ernst & Young global report , 2014 was a strong year with IPOs actually outperforming other indices by 10 percent. Going public is an expensive process.

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

The problem most startups have — aside from reaching the critical mass necessary to support an initial public offering (IPO) — is deciding exactly when the conditions are exactly right to go public. Here are three IPO lessons and what they hold for today’s startups. Uber — May 9th, 2019.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 24, 2014

So let’s take stock: What do we offer? At home we have entrepreneurs who think global day one. The company has a checkered past, but it was the first corporation in history to issue stock in exchange for capital. Our socially progressive attitude has helped shape the most creative and agile playing of the global game.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2021

billion gamers worldwide will help the global games market generate revenues of $189.3 Gamestop stock becomes more valuable than Google :-) Just kidding. Trillion Hours, 218 Billion Downloads – demand for new apps and games still grows globally, up 7% YoY. Fortnite alone made $1.8 billion in revenue last year.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 11, 2010

T aking a company through an initial public offering (IPO) is not an easy task. It’s also an uncertain exit for the entrepreneurs, as they are typically restricted to sell any of their stock in the first 180 days following the IPO, and even then they can sell no more than 1% of stock a month. million in 2009.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 21, 2018

Initial Public Offerings (IPO) are back as an exit strategy. Investors showed an increased appetite for new stocks, with 18 percent of deals pricing above the marketed share price range. Entrepreneurs now can think globally about the opportunity, from day one but start locally.

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Ben's Blog

MAY 24, 2021

IPO market. There are a number of trends concerning IPOs and capital formation to note: First, the raw number of IPOs has declined significantly: From 1980-2000, the US averaged roughly 300 IPOs per year; from 2001-2016, the average fell to 108 per year. In the first quarter of 2021 alone, SPACs raised $87.9

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Corporate transactions including mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and initial public offerings (IPO) bring necessary capital and resources to a growing company. As a result, D&O insurance responds largely to defense costs only, never paying the difference in stock prices. Do IPOs also necessitate an additional policy?

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 4, 2021

It was one of the year's most successful IPOs so far, and has been heralded as a "landmark moment" for cryptocurrency's entrance into mainstream investing. Just before the IPO, I had a far-reaching conversation with co-founder and CEO Brian Armstrong as he approached this major milestone for the company he co-founded back in 2012.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

There are obvious reasons the industry has had less-than-desirable returns, including: massive over-funding of the sector, huge increases in inexperienced venture capitalists that took a decade to peter out, and the massive correction in the value of the public stock markets that closed many exit opportunities for half a decade.

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Board Effect

JULY 22, 2021

Private company stock. Publicly traded stock. Pre-IPO shares. According to the 2020 DAF Report , the global pandemic, the fight for racial justice, and the tense political climate all contributed to unprecedented DAF activity. Donors may contribute funds in the following currencies: Cash. Securities. Cryptocurrency.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2013

I like the work just published by Bob Rice in “ The Alternative Answer ,” which does a great job of summarizing the investment universe, starting with the “conventional” stocks, bonds, and real estate, but moving on through more esoteric alternatives, including hedge funds, private equity, real assets, managed futures, and finally venture funding.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 3, 2015

For financial reasons alone, an IPO is a statistically rare phenomenon, happening just 275 times in 2014 , out of almost 500,000 startups. As an advisor and mentor to startups, I try to make sure entrepreneurs understand both the pros and cons of an IPO as an exit strategy.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

Unemployment coupled with a stock market drop will stop this spending cold IMHO. If these factors impact earnings the stock market may be headed South – If unemployment rises housing prices won’t. This will likely cause the stock market to contract. The IMF just raised its global growth forecast from 2.5%

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2021

Especially for entrepreneurs who have not built and sold companies before, and need this startup to be an attractive acquisition or IPO target in a few years, I can’t think of a better way to enlist outside experts and keep them motivated to help you meet the challenges of a startup. In my view, nothing could be further from the truth.

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Pascal's View

OCTOBER 6, 2009

I’ve been speaking publicly for over one year about the disastrous impact of the capital markets crisis in accelerating the demise of small emerging company IPO’s. In addition to revitalizing America’s slipping global competitiveness, restoring emerging company IPOs in the U.S. IPO market.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 6, 2019

Global expansion. Yes, you should be going for global expansion. If you are already in the global market, then search for markets that you have not tapped into, or go for partnerships that you haven’t made yet. Your stock can be a success and double within a day, or it can be a failure and take ages to grow. Acquisition.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

The process works via a “true sale” of a client company’s stock inventory to special purpose vehicles (SPV) incorporated by SYME. A diversification of assets and fresh yield is on the table for investors, while for client companies, it’s immediate liquidity that allows them to buy more stock, warehousing, land, whatever they need to grow.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

And this is happening in mezzanine (pre-IPO) deals as well. And post IPO deals, although these tend to correct more quickly. If everybody is over-paying for early-to-mid stage deals you’d imagine that these all need to feed into a frenzied M&A and IPO market that will garner big returns for these risks investors are taking.

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David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

The value ascribed by subsequent investors (in a secondary); buyers (acquisition); or the public markets (IPO). Eligible for favorable treatment under Qualified Small Business Stock exemption, if structured as equity. This applies if the investment converts into common stock; details are beyond this essay’s scope. Governance.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 31, 2019

It’s meant to support and grow a business until an “exit” in the form of an IPO, a merger or acquisition, or in less than ideal scenarios, a company shutdown. And, if you’re a public company, you get daily real-time feedback on at least the perception of your progress, as measured by the stock price. but globally.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 13, 2010

On July 27th, 2001 Accenture IPO’s and many of the partners grew fabulously wealthy. Since that date the S&P 500 is up 2.45% while Accenture stock is up 206% with revenue of $23 billion and a market cap of $32 billion. Arthur Andersen was embroiled in the Enron scandal and forced out of business.

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 21, 2018

Bitmain, the world’s largest crypto mining company, filed for its IPO on the Hong Kong stock exchange. Binance and Huobi Global did not reply (Huobi’s US subsidiary did), while Kraken responded in opposition to the inquiry.

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thebarefootvc

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

While 2017 was truly the “Wild West”, the growth of the sector (and its reluctance to self regulate) has led to the 2018 being the year of reckoning and increased scrutiny… Bitmain, the world’s largest crypto mining company, filed for its IPO on the Hong Kong stock exchange.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

In the last decade, Israeli high-tech companies raised approximately $15 billion from investors, compared to more than $37 billion received in M&A and IPO exits, according to the latest IVC report. At the same time, only $126 million was raised in five IPOs, down five percent from $133 million raised in 11 IPOs in 2010.

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thebarefootvc

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Bitmain, the world’s largest crypto mining company, filed for its IPO on the Hong Kong stock exchange. Binance and Huobi Global did not reply (Huobi’s US subsidiary did), while Kraken responded in opposition to the inquiry.

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Agile VC

MARCH 8, 2012

Tech IPOs Are Back – So Now What? Three of the five “blockbuster” tech IPOs I predicted have happened (LinkedIn, Groupon, Zynga) and the biggest of all (Facebook) has filed and will likely go public within the next 90 days. I see several dynamics at work in today’s IPO markets. March 8, 2012.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

We have global opportunities from these trends but of course also big challenges. In 2001 companies IPO’d very quickly if they were working, by 2011 IPOs had slowed down to the point that in 2013 Aileen Lee of Cowboy Ventures astutely called billion-dollar outcomes “unicorns.” even before the pandemic itself has been fully tamed.

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prosperati.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

There is this drive to create something new, crazy, innovative and globally game changing. You work long hours at below-market rates for stock options, a chance to participate in the financial payout of the company’s success. There must be a healthy acquisition or IPO pipeline in the market. Turns out, not so easy.

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Growthink Blog

MAY 14, 2012

Because golly, when it comes to the IPO market and public market returns in general, help is needed in a big way. Since the Internet bubble burst in 2001, the number of IPOs hasn’t recovered to even 1980s levels. Hopefully, it will help. How bad is it? That's 30 years ago, folks. Or, in hard numbers from 1990 to 1996, 1,272 U.S.

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thebarefootvc

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

On September 19, Ma led Alibaba to the largest IPO in history, listing the company on the New York Stock Exchange. Economics Emerging Markets Entrepreneurship Technology Women Alibaba business china economics globalization india Jack Ma Narendra Modi women' We need this dedication now more than ever.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

In the last decade, Israeli high-tech companies raised approximately $15 billion from investors, compared to more than $37 billion received in M&A and IPO exits, according to the latest IVC report. At the same time, only $126 million was raised in five IPOs, down five percent from $133 million raised in 11 IPOs in 2010.

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Eric Friedman

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Did anyone have global pandemic on their bingo board? As mentioned at the top I do not know anyone that predicted the global pandemic of COVID19, despite the writing on the wall and the cases growing in China at the time of this post last year. 4/ Streaming equity – venture funds + employee stock becomes more liquid.

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