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On the Road to Recap:

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Why the Unicorn Financing Market Just Became Dangerous…For All Involved. Many have noted that the aggregate shareholder value created by all of the Unicorns will vastly overshadow the losses from the inevitable failed unicorns. By the first quarter of 2016, the late-stage financing market had changed materially.

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Customers Love Free Stuff … But That’s Not Your Problem

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Also, take a look at this critically important data point , also aggregated by Professor Jay Ritter. Hambrecht and Quist (based in San Francisco) which was one of four investment banks that catered to the entrepreneurs and VC-backed companies through the late 1990’s. This data set looks at 8,610 IPOS over 39 years from 1980-2019.

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