SiliconHills

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Today, Dell Technologies filed papers with the Securities and Exchange Commission disclosing that the company’s board is considering taking the company public again with an initial public offering or by merging with VMWare. Normally, the company doesn’t […].

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Merger Securities and Exchange Commission Technology Initial Public Offering 83

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2023

So unless your business is well established, and ready to sell or go public (Initial Public Offering - IPO), you should steer clear of investment banks. Investment banks normally charge fees consisting of three components.

Early Stage 182

Early Stage Silicon Valley Private Equity Initial Public Offering 182

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2020

So unless your business is well established, and ready to sell or go public (Initial Public Offering - IPO), you should steer clear of investment banks. Investment banks normally charge fees consisting of three components.

Silicon Valley 362

Silicon Valley Private Equity Initial Public Offering Term Sheet 362

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2020

The new investors you need at this stage are investment bankers, private equity, or competitors, to buy you out via merger or acquisition (M&A), or to go public with an Initial Public Offering (IPO). This is the exit stage for the entrepreneur, and for all earlier investors.

Angel Investor 370

Angel Investor Intellectual Property Investment Bankers Private Equity 370

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Corporate transactions including mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and initial public offerings (IPO) bring necessary capital and resources to a growing company. Mergers and acquisitions can be fairly contentious and not all shareholders agree that it is in their best interest for Company A to buy Company B.

IPO 147

IPO Prospectus Merger Initial Public Offering 147

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 15, 2015

Thus I’m getting more questions on new mechanisms, like crowd funding, or going public through the backdoor as a reverse merger. The increased exposure and opportunity of a public company comes with a higher risk to you and your Board of severe civil and criminal penalties for regulatory mistakes and non-compliance.

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Merger OTC IPO Due Diligence 120

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2018

The new investors you need at this stage are investment bankers, private equity, or competitors, to buy you out via merger or acquisition (M&A), or to go public with an Initial Public Offering (IPO). This is the exit stage for the entrepreneur, and for all earlier investors.

Angel Investor 184

Angel Investor Intellectual Property Investment Bankers Private Equity 184

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

Even though the Initial Public Offering (IPO) alternative for a successful startup seems to be coming back, it is relatively rare. When shares are sold to the public, the company starts to lose control of decision making, which can even result in the venture being acquired through an unfriendly tender offer.

IPO 224

IPO Founder Exit Strategy Investment Bankers 224

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

So unless your business is well established, and ready to sell or go public (Initial Public Offering - IPO), you should steer clear of investment banks. Investment banks normally charge fees consisting of three components.

IPO 205

IPO Silicon Valley Private Equity Initial Public Offering 205

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

Even though the Initial Public Offering (IPO) alternative for a successful startup seems to be coming back into vogue, it is relatively rare. When shares are sold to the public, the company starts to lose control of decision making, which can even result in the venture being acquired through an unfriendly tender offer.

Exit Strategy 239

Exit Strategy IPO Investment Bankers Entrepreneur 239

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 4, 2014

The new investors you need at this stage are investment bankers, private equity, or competitors, to buy you out via merger or acquisition (M&A), or to go public with an Initial Public Offering (IPO). This is the exit stage for the entrepreneur, and for all earlier investors.

Angel Investor 232

Angel Investor Intellectual Property Investment Bankers Private Equity 232

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2012

So here are the most common exit strategies and considerations these days for planning purposes: Merger & Acquisition (M&A). Initial Public Offering (IPO). If your startup was less than a success, you’ll definitely want to erase it from memory. This used to be the preferred mode, and the quick way to riches.

Exit Strategy 241

Exit Strategy Initial Public Offering IPO Startup 241

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 5, 2012

At this stage, you need investment bankers to negotiate a merger or acquisition (M&A), go private, or help you go public with an Initial Public Offering (IPO).

Investment Bankers 241

Investment Bankers Venture Capital Startup Initial Public Offering 241

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2011

Even though the Initial Public Offering (IPO) alternative for a successful startup seems to be coming back into vogue, it is still extremely rare. When shares are sold to the public, the company starts to lose control of decision making, which can even result in the venture being acquired through an unfriendly tender offer.

Exit Strategy 235

Exit Strategy IPO Investment Bankers Entrepreneur 235

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2016

The new investors you need at this stage are investment bankers, private equity, or competitors, to buy you out via merger or acquisition (M&A), or to go public with an Initial Public Offering (IPO). This is the exit stage for the entrepreneur, and for all earlier investors.

Matching 120

Matching Angel Investor Intellectual Property Investment Bankers 120

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 5, 2011

So here are the most common exit strategies and considerations these days for planning purposes: Merger & Acquisition (M&A). Initial Public Offering (IPO). If your startup was less than a success, you’ll definitely want to erase it from memory. This used to be the preferred mode, and the quick way to riches.

Exit Strategy 231

Exit Strategy Initial Public Offering Startup IPO 231

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2011

So unless your business is well established, and ready to sell or go public (Initial Public Offering - IPO), you should steer clear of investment banks. Investment banks normally charge fees consisting of three components.

Silicon Valley 211

Silicon Valley Private Equity Initial Public Offering Startup 211

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2010

At this stage, you need investment bankers to negotiate a merger or acquisition (M&A), go private, or help you go public with an Initial Public Offering (IPO).

Investment Bankers 231

Investment Bankers Venture Capital Startup Initial Public Offering 231

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 11, 2015

This compensation can come in the form of a stock option , a stock appreciation right, or a similar financial instrument, which can potentially be quite lucrative for employees at the time of a merger, acquisition or initial public offering (IPO).

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Valuation Stock Options CPA Merger 100

Growthink Blog

APRIL 2, 2014

Well, if you don’t, try on these IPO, M&A, and financing stats from 1st Quarter 2014: Initial Public Offerings: 72 companies went public in the U.S. Mergers & Acquisitions: Global mergers & acquisition activity totaled $710 billion (Thomson Reuters), up 54% from last year.

Private Equity 69

Private Equity Merger IPO Initial Public Offering 69

Gust

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

At this stage, you need investment bankers to negotiate a merger or acquisition (M&A), go private, or help you go public with an Initial Public Offering (IPO).

Venture Capital 171

Venture Capital Investment Bankers Angel Investor Initial Public Offering 171

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2010

So unless your business is well established, and ready to sell or go public (Initial Public Offering - IPO), you should steer clear of investment banks. Investment banks normally charge fees consisting of three components.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Private Equity Startup Initial Public Offering 120

Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

The reward for doing so was a liquidity event via an Initial Public Offering. Tech IPOs were a receding memory, and mergers and acquisitions became the only path to liquidity for startups. They taught you about customers, markets and profits.

Internet 334

Internet IPO Silicon Valley Agile 334

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Constituents look for a long-term strategy of continuing return, normally including an initial public offering (IPO) or merger/acquisition, to on-going value or option to cash out. You need some innovative new approaches, including digital marketing, as well as metrics to measure effectiveness.

Intellectual Property 48

Intellectual Property Initial Public Offering Merger Acquisition 48

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2013

That means merger and acquisition (M&A), not initial public offering (IPO). Exit strategy. What’s most realistic these days is an exit via sale to an existing major company for which you solve a meaningful problem. Shooting for that sort of exit over a three to five year period is usually the best strategy.

Cram Down 269

Cram Down Angel Investor Intellectual Property Venture Capital 269

Scott Edward Walker

OCTOBER 13, 2011

Big firms are great for huge, complicated corporate projects – like an initial public offering, a tender offer or a public company merger. I saw all this first-hand as an associate for nearly eight years at two major law firms in New York City. Don’t Use a Big Law Firm.

Los Angeles 85

Los Angeles San Francisco New York City Silicon Valley 85

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 2, 2012

The real truth is, since the "Internet bubble" burst in 2001, initial public offerings have not resumed the vitality levels of the late 1980s, let alone the boom years of the '90s. In short, small companies aren't entering the IPO state because they had no desire to be independent in the first place.

IPO 121

IPO Startup Florida Seed Capital 121

VC Cafe

JULY 5, 2017

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. According to the IVC Meitar exits report for H1 2017, Israeli high-tech exits total $1.95

Technical Review 94

Technical Review Merger Initial Public Offering 94

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 6, 2022

Liquidity events include merger or acquisition (M&A), or Initial Public Offering (IPO) when the stock goes public. It’s a lot easier to buy stock in a startup than it is to sell it. Once invested, you should expect no return until the first “liquidity” event in 3-5 years, maybe longer.

Liquidity Event 300

Liquidity Event Angel Investor SEC Accredited Investor 300

Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

And from a financial perspective, any investor would be better off buying stock in Amazon than buying and share of a corner bookshop; if you invested $100 in Amazon’s 1997 initial public offering (IPO), those shares would have been worth about $120,000 in 2018. But unless Airbnb agreed to a merger, it had only two options.

Cofounder 28

Cofounder Business Model IPO Non-Compete 28

Pascal's View

AUGUST 22, 2009

GDP growth and job creation will be still-born and be forced in to a merger? Deninger points out in the article that “In recent years, VC firms have become too dependent on mergers and acquisitions as the exit strategy of choice. ” An addendum to his quote should be that merger synergy is code for firing people.

IPO 40

IPO Merger Institutional Investors Venture Capital 40

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Liquidity events include merger or acquisition (M&A), or Initial Public Offering (IPO) when the stock goes public. It’s a lot easier to buy stock in a startup than it is to sell it. Once invested, you should expect no return until the first “liquidity” event in 3-5 years, maybe longer.

Liquidity Event 224

Liquidity Event SEC Entrepreneur Accredited Investor 224

VC Cafe

JANUARY 15, 2024

M&A/ Exits – This situation is compounded by a narrowing window for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and initial public offerings (IPOs).

IPO 88

IPO Valuation Private Equity 88

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

Liquidity events include merger or acquisition (M&A), or Initial Public Offering (IPO) when the stock goes public. It’s a lot easier to buy stock in a startup than it is to sell it. Once invested, you should expect no return until the first “liquidity” event in 3-5 years, maybe longer.

Liquidity Event 184

Liquidity Event SEC Accredited Investor Angel Investor 184

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

Liquidity events include merger or acquisition (M&A), or Initial Public Offering (IPO) when the stock goes public. It’s a lot easier to buy stock in a startup than it is to sell it. Once invested, you should expect no return until the first “liquidity” event in 3-5 years, maybe longer.

Accredited Investor 219

Accredited Investor Liquidity Event SEC Stock 219

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Liquidity events include merger or acquisition (M&A), or Initial Public Offering (IPO) when the stock goes public. It’s a lot easier to buy stock in a startup than it is to sell it. Once invested, you should expect no return until the first “liquidity” event in 3-5 years, maybe longer.

Portfolio 228

Portfolio Accredited Investor Liquidity Event SEC 228

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Liquidity events include merger or acquisition (M&A), or Initial Public Offering (IPO) when the stock goes public. It’s a lot easier to buy stock in a startup than it is to sell it. Once invested, you should expect no return until the first “liquidity” event in 3-5 years, maybe longer.

Accredited Investor 120

Accredited Investor Liquidity Event SEC Entrepreneur 120