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10 Positive Signs For Starting Your Own Business Now

Startup Professionals Musings

Initial Public Offerings (IPO) are back as an exit strategy. Statistica reports that almost 20 percent more companies went public in 2018 versus 2017. The elements include communications, mobile platforms, and location-based services. Thus a record number of entrepreneurs (and team members) are getting rich.

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Online Gaming, Mobile Entertainment And The Land Of Opportunity In Video Game Design

YoungUpstarts

Online Gaming, Mobile Entertainment and the Video Game Design Boon. Meanwhile, mobile gaming on smart devices – an industry worth $33 billion – is a field swelling with potential for designers. Mobile Gaming. What makes mobile games so appealing is that they don’t require an outlet, a controller, or a rulebook.

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The Top 5 Stock Exchanges According to a 2020 Study

The Startup Magazine

For startups and entrepreneurs, awareness of the stock exchanges will help prepare you for a potential public financing of your company through an initial public offering, known as an IPO. Several of the prominent listed firms are China Mobile, HSBC Holdings & Petro China. Its market valuation is 4.4

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10 Signs That The Age Of The Entrepreneur Is Here Now

Startup Professionals Musings

Initial Public Offerings (IPO) are back as an exit strategy. Bloomberg reports that forty-nine percent more companies went public in 2017 versus 2016. The elements include communications, mobile platforms, and location-based services. Two of these, Uber and Didi Chuxing, have already passed $50 billion.

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A New Era For Entrepreneurs And Startups Has Begun

Startup Professionals Musings

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. The elements include communications, mobile platforms, and location-based services. A year from now that’s projected to go as high as 100.

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10 Reasons For Joining The New Startup Wave Now

Startup Professionals Musings

Initial Public Offerings (IPO) are back as an exit strategy. The elements include communications, mobile platforms, and location-based services. An unprecedented number of startups, over 100 at last count, are now valued above $1 billion, according to a recent Wall Street Journal article.

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B is for BUBBLE: Venture Capital in 2013

VC Cafe

222 firms held initial public offerings last year, raising $55 Billion, the most since 406 companies went public for $97 million in 2000. We see opportunities for cross-media content engagement, such as integrating mobile gaming and online magazines. Now the cost of entry to the Party is rising. Bubble 2.0 $4.2