Although Facebook’s stock price has fallen well below its IPO price of $38 per share, many people agree that the stock is still significantly overpriced. Alarmingly, even the lead underwriter in the IPO, Morgan Stanley, recognized these trends and  cut Facebook estimates just before the IPO. Here’s why. MORE >>

Dot.com Bubble ( 1995-2000): “ Anything goes” as public markets clamor for ideas, vague promises of future growth, and IPOs happen absent regard for history or profitability. With Netscape’s IPO , there was suddenly a public market for companies with limited revenue and no profit. Carpe Diem. We’re now in the second Internet bubble. MORE >>

An interesting report predicting that venture capital asset class will make a strong revival over next 10 years. Quigley Report: A Venture Capital Revival is Upon Us. View more presentations from quigleyreport. General MORE >>

The IPO window slightly opened up for companies like LinkedIn, Pandora, Groupon, Zynga, and Carbonite. However, be prepared, as it will be a challenge to find people with experience in these high-growth industries: consumer web, e-commerce, mobile, software as a service, and cloud computing. View our video to get started. link]. MORE >>

In May 1996, Open Market completed a successful IPO and more than doubled on the first day of trading, ending with a $1.2 The Internet bull market continued to run for four more years after the Open Market IPO, finally ending in the spring of 2000. This IPO and others like it (e.g., billion market capitalization. MORE >>