Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 20, 2019
Initial Public Offerings (IPO) are back as an exit strategy. Statistica reports that almost 20 percent more companies went public in 2018 versus 2017. Social media is a boon for entrepreneurs and startups. Three of these, JUUL Labs, Didi Chuxing, and Toutiao have already passed $50 billion.
Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 26, 2013
Initial Public Offerings (IPO) are back as an exit strategy. According to a report just out, a record 156 operating companies went public in the U.S. That is a 65% increase in the number of IPOs over 2012, and the highest proceeds raised since the year 2000. It’s not too late to start. Marty Zwilling.
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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. 20th Century Tech Liquidity = Initial Public Offering. Netscape’s blow-out IPO launched the dot-com boom.
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.
Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 19, 2015
Initial Public Offerings (IPO) are back as an exit strategy. Last year was the most active year for IPOs in the United States since 2000. 275 IPOs were completed in 2014, topping the 2013 total of 222 by more than 23%. Social media is a boon for entrepreneurs and startups.
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 21, 2018
Initial Public Offerings (IPO) are back as an exit strategy. Bloomberg reports that forty-nine percent more companies went public in 2017 versus 2016. Social media is a boon for entrepreneurs and startups. Two of these, Uber and Didi Chuxing, have already passed $50 billion.
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 16, 2011
It has been at least a decade since going public via an Initial Public Offering (IPO) has been considered a credible exit strategy for startups. Usually a small company can sell about 20 percent of its stock in an IPO. In 1999, there were 486 IPOs nationwide; just 10 years later, in 2009, there were only 63.
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