Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 7, 2013
Based on the final report for 2012 from Thomson Reuters and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), it may appear that IPOs are back as a viable startup exit strategy. For the full year 2012, venture-backed initial public offerings raised $21.5
Pascal's View
AUGUST 28, 2010
6) The most efficient fuel for this IPO engine is venture capital. government dataset compiled by the U.S. .” “… it is highly unlikely that a company that does not take venture capital ends up going public. … Four of the twenty companies with the largest market capitalization in the U.S.—Microsft,
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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.
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. It’s called Growth capital.
Steve Blank
OCTOBER 24, 2017
A version of this article is in the Harvard Business Review. Technology cycles have become a treadmill, and for startups to survive they need to be on a continuous innovation cycle. 20th Century Tech Liquidity = Initial Public Offering. Technology Cycles Measured in Years.
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. ” FULL STOP.
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. The same hold true for venture capital investors. No exit strategy means no return to investors. Marty Zwilling.
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