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. Smart entrepreneurs now avoid this option like the plague, due to its unpredictability and the challenges of running a public company. Marty Zwilling.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 3, 2011

The past year saw startups on the rise, an increase in venture capital funding (both in real dollars and numbers of companies funded), a resurgence of IPOs, and the rise of David against Goliath, as best represented by Groupon’s spurning of a $6 billion offer from Google. Investors will be bullish on startups.

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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. This is an extraordinary percentage considering that only 1/16 th of 1% of all companies are VC-backed.” “… it is highly unlikely that a company that does not take venture capital ends up going public.

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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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Growthink Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Try these statistics on for size, from 1999 to today Asia’s share of the world’s Initial Public Offerings grew from 12% to 66%. 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. In the U.S. In the U.S. How do you market to them? •

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Steve Blank

APRIL 10, 2019

A version of this article first appeared in the Harvard Business Review. Why Startups Offer Stock Options. In tech startups stock options were here almost from the beginning, first offered to the founders in 1957 at Fairchild Semiconductor , the first chip startup in Silicon Valley. Here’s why. That made sense.

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Pascal's View

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

These valid observations may be drawn from primary research sources such as the work published by the National Academies, whose most recent report, Assessing the Impact of Changes in the Information Technology R&D Ecosystem: Retaining Leadership in an Increasingly Global Environment , was released several months ago. More on this below.

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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. Most now routinely buy startups for new technology and new products. Three of these, JUUL Labs, Didi Chuxing, and Toutiao have already passed $50 billion.

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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. Women are a growing force as entrepreneurs.

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Pascal's View

MARCH 24, 2010

As we consider the broad implications of this polarizing issue, we must first step back and remember that inventors and investors devote time, energy and risk capital to innovate new products and technologies. We need to encourage and reward those that take risk to innovate new products, services and technologies.

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VC Cafe

JULY 5, 2017

According to the IVC Meitar exits report for H1 2017, Israeli high-tech exits total $1.95 The report sums up the exits of Israeli high-tech companies in merger & acquisition deals and initial public offerings, as well as buyout deals, from 2012 to H1/2017. Continue Reading →

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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. Most now routinely buy startups for new technology and new products. Two of these, Uber and Didi Chuxing, have already passed $50 billion.

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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%. Most now routinely buy startups for new technology and new products.

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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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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2013

Within the venture community, the first rule to remember is that opportunities abound these days, due to the increasing pace of technology evolution, and the scope and creativity of the global community. That means merger and acquisition (M&A), not initial public offering (IPO).

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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. percent). —

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Gust

JANUARY 5, 2012

The assumption has been that companies with 500 investors are quasi-public anyway, and for disclosure and other reasons should be forced to go public when the shareholder number approaches this limit. Raising $1000 each from 1000 investors would surely seem to violate current SEC regulations.

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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. Share and Enjoy:

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 31, 2016

Continuously improve your company’s products and technologies by focusing on the few truly strategic core platforms. In attempts of priority, I want to emphasize the importance of focusing on the few truly strategic initiatives to ensure early business success for young upstarts: Focus on the strategically important.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Loading… Tech. An entrepreneur with a hot technology and venture-capital funding becomes a billionaire in his 20s. Less than 1% are currently in IPO registration. Mossberg Reviews the iPhone 5. Web Design/Tech Services. Mossberg Reviews the iPhone 5. » More. » More. » More.

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