Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2017

A version of this article is in the Harvard Business Review. — 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.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Initial Public Offering (IPO). ” This is because, when a company decides to sell itself to another company, the buyer will often incorporate or merge the services of that company into their own product or service offerings. There’s also the added bonus that you’ll have to do a lot less due diligence.

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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.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 16, 2014

The story struck me as significant for three reasons – firstly, because Freelancer founder Matt Barrie had been very public leading up to the IPO about wanting to list in Australia over both London and NASDAQ. Finally, that this was not the first highly successful tech IPO in Australia in 2013 with OzForex raising AUD $439.4

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

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Pascal's View

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

I believe that, if he understood the reality of the venture capital industry today and its inextricable link to the Initial Public Offering (IPO) drought, his otherwise well-written article would have taken a markedly different direction. business model that drives job growth in emerging growth companies is IPOs.

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