Steve Blank

JUNE 15, 2011

Today, the signs of the new bubble are the Linked-In initial public offering (IPO), Facebook’s stratospheric valuation and the rapid rise of early-stage startup valuation. Filed under: Venture Capital. And in the last decade, we have had the dot.com bust and the housing bubble.

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Growthink Blog

MAY 10, 2012

As Steven Covey said, you'll want to "begin with the end in mind" and not make arrangements with your angel and/or early investors that will complicate later stages of funding. At this point, you will be ready for institutional investors who can provide funding to scale or rapidly grow your business. Series C, D, etc.

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Startup Company Lawyer

MARCH 12, 2009

Most venture and institutional investors favor C corps because they may have separate classes of stock, allowing for the creation of various levels of preferences, protections, and share valuations. A C corp is also the easiest type of entity to take public in an initial public offering. Fundraising.

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Pascal's View

AUGUST 22, 2009

”, written by Mark Veverka, asserting that “venture capitalists want to widen the playing field for the underwriters.” ” The story includes quotes from former National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) chairman Dixon Doll of DCM and investment banker Paul Deninger, who is the vice-chairman of Jefferies & Co.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 16, 2014

By all accounts, venture capital in Australia is still a big issue – especially when it comes to substantial Series A and follow-on funding rounds. As one VC said to me while I was there, “We may not produce a $100 billion company but I do believe we will consistently deliver $100 million and single digit billion dollar companies.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 5, 2012

This from Kate Mitchell, the former chair of the National Venture Capital Association, and current Managing Director of Scale Venture Partners. "A lot of the noise in the market right now is about bringing back irresponsible IPOs. That is a short-lived strategy, and a wrong-headed strategy."

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Pascal's View

MARCH 9, 2010

This is the second in our series of ten frequently asked questions from investors in venture capital partnerships. To get to the core of your question, providing passive institutional investors with more financial information about illiquid securities isn’t going to make them more liquid.

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