Cracking the Code

MARCH 28, 2022

The cloud IPO market has also been very active with 32 IPOs vs. 17 in 2020. It’s worth noting though that while the number of IPOs increased, the companies were smaller and raised less capital than those last year. 60% of the cloud IPOs had a market cap of $5B+ vs. only 28% this year. in Sept 2020. In 2020, c.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2017

— Unremarked and unheralded, the balance of power between startup CEOs and their investors has radically changed: IPOs/M&A without a profit (or at times revenue) have become the norm. In the 20th century tech companies and their investors made money through an Initial Public Offering (IPO).

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 6, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, July 6, 2009 Lean Startup fbFund slides and video As a follow-up to my previous post on my talk for fbFund at Facebook , there was enough interest in watching video of the talk that I have finally uploaded it using Apples MobileMe. If you want to see the original video, use the link above.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Initial Public Offering (IPO). This happened when Google bought YouTube, seamlessly integrating the video platform into their own search product. Now, when you google a topic, you will often notice that videos appear on your search result page. Types of exit strategies. We will cover them in more depth below: Acquisition.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 15, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, July 15, 2010 Some IPO speculation Inspired by Steve Blank’s post today about the “lost decade&# of IPO’s , I’d like to make some predictions. The fact that IPO’s are disappearing makes intuitive sense to me. Let me be clear: Steve is the historian.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 25, 2012

Every day on the crowdSPRING Twitter account and on my own Twitter account , I post links to posts or videos I enjoyed reading or viewing. These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! 9 Deadliest Start-up Sins – [link].

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Eric Friedman

JANUARY 3, 2020

With the stock price off since IPO and the need to “rollup” enterprise chat + video MSFT takes a swing at solving a huge b2b problem with a startup friendly platform. If this doesn’t happen, I don’t expect video/chat/remote to be solved anytime soon.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 21, 2009

Projected IPOs for 2009 are an embarrassing 10 total deals, down from 86 just 2 years ago (it was 265 in the go-go years of 99-00) but at least up from 6 in 2008. Fred Wilson supports Montgomery’s view in this thoughtful post on the return of the tech IPO market.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 25, 2011

Every day on the crowdSPRING Twitter account and on my own Twitter account , I post links to posts or videos I enjoyed reading or viewing. These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Where are the women? – [link].

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

On top of all this it was considered very bad form not to have at least four additional consecutive quarters of profits after an IPO.) The IPO Bubble – August 1995 – March 2000 In August 1995 Netscape went public, and the world of start ups turned upside down. Tech acquisitions went crazy at the same time the IPO market did.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

This method was perfected by Gil Elbaz and his team at Applied Semantics in LA and in what some have called “ the most important acquisition ever made by Google ” they acquired the company for $102 million before Google had even IPO’d. Where do all of these engineers end up?

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

When he founded Netflix as a DVD rental service in 1997, Hastings had already led one company, Pure Software, from its birth to an IPO. Now Netflix offers video streaming in 41 countries around the world. You’ve IPOed two companies. Doing an IPO can be a great thing, but there are always consequences.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 3, 2019

Three years later their IPO valued the company at more than $2 billion. Yet many marketers today are stuck in a world of whitepapers, videos and other explanatory content. Communication via experience is vastly more effective at winning customers’ preference than simply relying on description.

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Up and Running

JUNE 13, 2015

At the time of their IPO, Groupon was valued at $13 billion. It will take about a week for us to get the video put together, and send that email out to you, so that will be coming and like I said in about a week. It worked; it worked really, really well. One last little bit of logistics. Jeff, thank you so much for joining us.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

But a certain amount gets lost in the headlines – especially when not everybody actually heard the video and knows the nuance of the message. And this is happening in mezzanine (pre-IPO) deals as well. And post IPO deals, although these tend to correct more quickly. Fair enough. Why I believe we’re in a bubble.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 29, 2021

We can trace the Midwest’s renaissance to Sprout Social’s successful initial public offering (IPO) , which saw the company debut on public markets at a price of $17 per share and rise to over $120 per share today. So much has gone right for the industry and it goes to show how one successful IPO can bring focus to a region.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

Every day on the crowdSPRING Twitter account and on my own Twitter account , I post links to posts or videos I enjoyed reading or viewing. These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Ten Ways to Get People to Change - [link].

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Start Up Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2019

Why it mattered: For the uninitiated, Twitch is an online streaming service to watch people play video games. What happened: Edward Snowden’s NSA revelations + Facebook goes public with IPO. To date, its market capitalisation has now increased fourfold since the IPO. What happened: Twitch is launched + Steve Jobs dies.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 4, 2021

It was one of the year's most successful IPOs so far, and has been heralded as a "landmark moment" for cryptocurrency's entrance into mainstream investing. Just before the IPO, I had a far-reaching conversation with co-founder and CEO Brian Armstrong as he approached this major milestone for the company he co-founded back in 2012.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

My partner & mentor Yves Sisteron ( You can get to know Yves in this YouTube video ) has been active at HDI for years (as has our CFO, Dana Kibler ). Lyn Kirby ran Ulta Cosmetics from its early days through its successful IPO. Taking more meaningingful ownership positions. I don’t want to give us any unique credit.

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Ben's Blog

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Since then, the debate over IPOs has continued, with a particular focus on allegedly underpriced offerings that jump shortly after opening — the dreaded “pop.” ” As some criticism has it, this supposedly deprives companies of millions of dollars that should have been theirs if not for underpricing the IPO.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 8, 2012

With close to 900 million users and an upcoming IPO , Facebook is ruling the web as the social network of choice. To highlight the point on admitting one’s mistakes, Kerpen shared how JetBlue and Domino’s Pizza CEOs use 2 to 3 minute YouTube videos to sincerely apologize to customers for their organisation’s screw ups.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 16, 2012

Videos that keep the viewer watching longer and receiving likes are ranking higher than videos with lots of views. Facebook’s IPO was a tell-tale sign that startup valuations are very unpredictable and susceptible to major changes. YouTube Isn’t Utilized Enough. Raul Pla , SimpleWifi and UseABoat. Augmented Reality?

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 3, 2023

Many exited or IPO’d (and subsequently lost much of their value in the recent downturn), but new success stories have also emerged. Lighttricks – the suite of mobile apps for photo and video editing, and most recently generative AI photo and video generation. Much has changed since then.

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Gust

JANUARY 31, 2013

Before the commercial Internet, the primary tools of disclosure included: Prospectus and related registration statement (“S-1″) for an IPO. Public companies have dealt with financial disclosure in ways that evolved over time with markets and technologies. Proxy statement in connection with the annual meeting of stockholders.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 18, 2012

Every day on the crowdSPRING Twitter account and on my own Twitter account , I post links to posts or videos I enjoyed reading or viewing. These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! More Ads – [link]. – [link].

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Netflix was founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph to combat late fees for video rentals. One of the top five largest IPOs in the world was done by the reformed General Motors in 2010, and the company generated a profit. Thanks to Will Yang, Instrumentl ! #4- 4- Netflix. Photo Credit: Jen Wan. 18- Adidas' Adi Dassler.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 9, 2014

Every day on the crowdSPRING Twitter account and on my own Twitter account , I post links to posts or videos I enjoyed reading or viewing. These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! 1s04die.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 2, 2022

Minecraft had 141 million active players in 2021, sold more than 200 million copies since inception and is one of the most viewed category of videos on Youtube. billion as of August 1st 2022, a drop from it’s IPO at approximately $38 billion but relatively steady since Dec. In the gaming category Microsoft is a power house.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 27, 2014

What you’ll see if you watch the video is an unscripted and unfiltered look into how Scott Kupor & I see some of the changes and challenges of the venture industry. Here is the video of the presentation that I gave that preceded our debate. Each of the two videos is about 10 minutes long. tl;dr version.

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The Equity Kicker

JANUARY 21, 2016

Video cassette recorders took off in the 1980s, were replaced by DVD players in the 2000s, which are now being replaced by streaming services. Word processing software – the market took off in the 1980s and is now in substantial decline due to Google Docs and Evernote. WordPress won’t let me upload anything today…].

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

If you have time check out the video (or download on iTunes – Episode 27 - and listen at the gym or on your commute!). Was about a billion dollars on the IPO” and “was one of the first web analytics companies. Or, as always, summary notes available below. Huge thank you to Steve De Long for the write up.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 18, 2020

2- A business I built IPO’ed. A business that I built just IPO’ed (yesterday actually and I am still smiling). We have built a great support system of brands that have helped each other with engagement through social media, blogs, videos and promotions. All in all, 2020 was a great year at Hill Law Firm.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 2, 2014

Every day on the crowdSPRING Twitter account and on my own Twitter account , I post links to posts or videos I enjoyed reading or viewing. These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Who Gets Into Accelerators? 1lk1C2o.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 28, 2023

If I didn't move, I wouldn't have had the same opportunities, wouldn't have been able to join companies like Juste and do the IPO and luck, the IPO, how many companies IPO, far and few between once again, and there's a luck factor behind that and the right timing of that. Viral videos on YouTube summarizing it.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

Gregory Wehmeyer True, Ben, once upon a time, Angel Investors provided the launching pad for Venture Capital Firms to propel any startup on two legs toward a successful IPO. We are coaching VCs and Angel Investors everyday who call us wanting to understand our Early Stage LPO versus late stage IPO approach to business.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

View Comments Watch Facebook, Groupon and Quora’s Founders Speak at Startup School [VIDEO] View Comments Mashable Weekend Recap: 19 Stories You Might Have Missed View Comments Groupon’s Founder on How to Get Super Rich View Comments PHP, MySQL & AJAX Developer at Comentum Corp. Companies like GrowPublic, Inc.

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