Up and Running

MAY 11, 2011

That’s what we teach in business schools and classic entrepreneurship: you develop a business plan, you get financed, and then you start. It’s out of date now, but if you look for it, you can find the 1997 Dun & Bradstreet research on causes of business failure that listed “too much money&# as one of the causes.

Oregon 121

Oregon Angel Groups Cofounder Business Plan 121

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. I [Reid] remember when Airbnb co-founder Brian Chesky told me about the offer.).

Cofounder 28

Cofounder Business Model IPO Non-Compete 28

abovethecrowd.com

JUNE 2, 2021

Warren Buffet, 1997. This “gain” ($34B last year alone) is a result of a direct wealth-transfer to these individuals FROM the previous owners of the company — founders, executives, employees, and venture investors. Investment banks simply do not match supply and demand. Marketing 101: Customers love free stuff.

IPO 82

IPO Customer Matching Silicon Valley 82