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How do you find a startup investor?

The Startup Magazine

A successful startup can yield a pot of gold if there’s an initial public offering. Some of them also offer guidance and mentoring. . It will be easier to get in touch with VCs if you live where the startup scene is huge, such as San Francisco or New York. Their funds are sometimes worth billions.

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EyeBlaster’s Second Shot at IPO: Will it Work This Time?

VC Cafe

T aking a company through an initial public offering (IPO) is not an easy task. Today, Eyeblaster notified the SEC of its intention to go public as detailed in the company’s S-1 Filing. This is the exact amount it was trying to raise two years ago, in the initial IPO.

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Blitzscaling: Silicon Valley’s Harmful Idea of Success

Austin Startup

Almost immediately, people started to dig what we were doing: Digital Trends named Localeur one of their favorite new apps of SXSW 2013 and other press followed. Social media is littered with tales of companies that withered under the pressure of hypergrowth, were crushed by so-called ‘toxic V.C.s’

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In Silicon Valley, Founders Fight for Control

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Loading… New York. About 14% of the technology firms that have held initial public offerings between January 2011 and the end of June 2012 went public with at least two share classes—more than twice the 6.4% Data Policy - NEW. Subscriber Agreement & Terms of Use - NEW.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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Loading… New York. Media & Marketing. Media Agencies. based companies initially funded by venture capital between 2006 and 2011, 84% now are closely held and operating independently, 11% were acquired or made initial public offerings of stock and 4% went out of business, according to Dow Jones VentureSource.