Pascal's View

AUGUST 28, 2010

6) The most efficient fuel for this IPO engine is venture capital. v) “Since 1999, over 60% of IPOs have been VC-backed. Of the 85 IPOs priced so far this year, only 28 are up. Conclusion: If we don’t fix the IPO problem in America, we will not fix the job problem in America. GDP growth, the U.S. ” (ix) The U.S.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

In Beijing we hadn’t seen air so badly polluted since we had been in Agra in India in the winter where I swear there was a day you could wave your hand in front of you and see traces of it in the air (and their excuse was they burn dung for heat.). It was the first of the 54 Science and Technology Industrial Parks.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

Clearstone currently invests out of a $200 million fund based in LA with offices in Menlo Park and in India. They’ve had a total of 12 deals that have IPO’d. We also discussed the fact that an IPO often doesn’t mean the founders or investors can take too much money off the table. Read more: TechCrunch.

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Genuine VC

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Estonia & India) and even other cities here domestically (e.g. Of course with technology-enabled startups, the goal s of a company are not to add employees. But the most meaningful of companies which are on the path towards an IPO invest in human capital ahead of the anticipation of enhanced resulting cash-flow.

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

Over the last century, Bessemer Venture Partners and its predecessor funds have invested in more than 100 companies that have gone public on exchanges in Canada, India, London, and the United States. Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. To learn more, visit [link]. 2009 Bessemer Venture Partners. ► 2006. (7).

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

In Beijing we hadn’t seen air so badly polluted since we had been in Agra in India in the winter where I swear there was a day you could wave your hand in front of you and see traces of it in the air (and their excuse was they burn dung for heat.). It was the first of the 54 Science and Technology Industrial Parks.

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Genuine VC

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Estonia & India) and even other cities here domestically (e.g. Of course with technology-enabled startups, the goal s of a company are not to add employees. But the most meaningful of companies which are on the path towards an IPO invest in human capital ahead of the anticipation of enhanced resulting cash-flow.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 10, 2018

For instance, in India, none of the current platforms attract more than 34% of the population (which is 2 nd highest in the world). The answer is simple – India’s social platforms aren’t really built for anyone outside of the U.S. residents loving their social platforms more each day. or those who may settle in the U.S.

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Growthink Blog

JULY 23, 2012

In that same time frame, United States IPO volume declined 75% in real terms and now accounts for less than 11% of the global total. And with their capital and confidence, China and India are stretching their wings. Your India strategy? • Well, McKinsey estimates that consumer spending in Africa will double, to $1.8

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2022

In this age of technology, the advent of a better alternative is inevitable. For others, including Facebook, it is penetrating China despite political constraints, and India, where only thirty percent of the population is on the Internet. A focus on looking good as an acquisition or IPO candidate has undermined many startups.

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Seeing Both Sides

APRIL 10, 2011

In May 1996, Open Market completed a successful IPO and more than doubled on the first day of trading, ending with a $1.2 If investors observing this extraordinary phenomenon in 1996 were to have concluded that the technology market was in the midst of an unsustainable bubble, they would not have been wrong. We had recorded $1.8

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The Next Web

JANUARY 24, 2014

We have three universities in the top 100 of the Shanghai ranking for engineering and technology. The Dutch ‘invented’ the limited liability corporation with the inception of the Dutch East India Company. Think of Stanford and Sandhill road in Silicon Valley, Route 128 in Boston or IIT in Bangalore India.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2019

In this age of technology, the advent of a better alternative is inevitable. For others, including Facebook, it is penetrating China despite political constraints, and India, where only thirty percent of the population is on the Internet. A focus on looking good as an acquisition or IPO candidate has undermined many startups.

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

Technology. Personal Technology. TECHNOLOGY. Craig Walker, co-founder and CEO of Firespotter Labs, a technology incubator, said it feels unnatural to bestow so much voting power on one executive. This time around, technology entrepreneurs are being more assertive. Ran gold Resources Ltd. The Wall Street Journal.

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Growthink Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

I had the good fortune to moderate a panel at last week''s IBA Silicon Valley from Start-up to IPO / Exit Conference. start-ups that turn into “Unicorns” - businesses with exits via IPO or acquisition of greater than $1 Billion - emanate almost exclusively from the United States, and far more specifically from Silicon Valley.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2017

In this age of technology, the advent of a better alternative is inevitable. For others, including Facebook, it is penetrating China despite political constraints, and India, where only thirty percent of the population is on the Internet. A focus on looking good as an acquisition or IPO candidate has undermined many startups.

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Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

12 cloud IPOs in the past 2 years: One from Europe SaaS companies are thriving in the public markets, with their aggregated market cap grew 350% since 2011, and 12 cloud companies going public in the past 24 months. Out of the 12 IPOs, Mimecast is the only company from Europe. in India. in the US, $2.6B in Europe and $0.9B

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mashable.com

JANUARY 13, 2012

Brian Sullivan is vice president of client services at Gigya , where he advises clients on implementing social technology. Gigya offers websites a suite of social technology like social login , comments, game mechanics and a social identity management platform. Google Offers Free Wi-Fi in India to Access Social Networks.

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Cracking the Code

APRIL 21, 2021

UiPath was founded in Bucharest in 2005, selling computer vision technology to OEMs. In early 2017, while the company only had single-digit revenue, it was already operating in North America, Europe, India and Japan. Congratulations to Daniel Dines and the UiPath team for this incredible accomplishment!

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

An entrepreneur with a hot technology and venture-capital funding becomes a billionaire in his 20s. Less than 1% are currently in IPO registration. DJVentureWire : Friday IPOs Fail to Price as Thursdays Rally Doesnt Carry [link]. Whats on your technology toolbelt? View All Search Results » Subscribe. Deutschland.

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Austin Startup

MAY 3, 2017

Today’s economy is substantially more freelance for one, but as it pertains to technology and innovative entrepreneurship, we find ourselves in an era that is bringing tech to traditional industries that have yet to have fully embraced what the internet has caused: data, connectivity, globalization, scalability, and efficiency. Imagine that.

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Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Decades ago, the thesis of Yossi Vardi , a prolific technology entrepreneur who has invested in 75 Israeli startups, was that Israeli entrepreneurs should seek quick exit opportunities through global corporations interested in buying a window into Israeli talent and technology. We think so. Today, this thesis is less relevant.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 11, 2011

Add to that the impact of their upcoming IPO - lots of angel investors and spin-off entrepreneurs are in the making. She writes the blog Sramana Mitra On Strategy and is author of the Entrepreneur Journeys book series and Vision India 2020. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. Silicon Valley photo by Franco Folini.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Save Asia for post-IPO Single instance, multi-tenant, single datacenter - Have only one version of the code in production. The incumbent technology leaders like IBM, Oracle, or SAP, have done very little in online marketing, and thus have given their smaller challengers a huge opportunity. Save Asia for post-IPO.

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Up and Running

JUNE 13, 2015

Then he goes to India, and he gets exposed to a whole different world. At the time of their IPO, Groupon was valued at $13 billion. Then from there he goes and works at Atari, really based on his relationship with Steve Wozniak, and taking some of Woz’s work, and passing it off on his own and getting that job.

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Seeing Both Sides

OCTOBER 3, 2011

This bill needs to be passed immediately (it is in the midst of hearings and keeps getting caught up in partisan bickering over broader immigration reform) and should be expanded to provide green cards for those with degrees in science, technology, engineering and math. For more on this important bill, read here and here.

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Steve Blank

MAY 9, 2017

We’re standing 15 air miles away from the epicenter of technology innovation. I’ve been asked to talk today about the future of Innovation – typically that involves giving you a list of hot technologies to pay attention to – technologies like machine learning. In fact, it’s not about any specific new technologies.

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Scalable Startup

MAY 16, 2015

Each circle represents one of the fifty largest technology companies in the city, the size of each circle determined by the number of the company’s employees. Housing is cheap in the Central Valley, but the cost of living is even cheaper in India and Vietnam. First Street and Market Street by Leo vanMunching.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 18, 2012

What Does Facebook’s $100 Billion IPO Mean for You? The Facebook IPO: A Note to Mark Zuckerberg; or, With “Friends” Like Morgan Stanley, Who Needs Enemies? – [link]. India Set to Overtake US as Facebook’s Largest Market – [link]. Small Business Pinterest Starter Guide – [link]. More Ads – [link].

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Every startup faces multiple choices and decisions when it comes to technology. Ad Serving Technology. Technology & Marketing Law Blog. SVPG : They want to share senior level experience and best practices with technology companies. Offers practical assistance to build technology businesses. Preloaders.net.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 19, 2020

This is a good time as ever to examine whether financial focus is now shifting towards Impact as an opportunity for companies, and how technologies that intentionally tackle social and environmental issues are becoming business models with strong returns. Tech best sub sectors include cloud computing, machine learning/A.I. and big data.

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pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Meanwhile, the rash of early liquidity and recent IPOs — unsatisfying as they were — gave liquidity to thousands of employees at large companies, and a subset of those made very real money. This time around, there has been an explosion at the early stages, and the very late pre-IPO growth stages. Open Sesame! (A

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