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10 Negatives That Still Make Going Public A High Risk

Startup Professionals Musings

In the old days, every entrepreneur dreamed of easily taking their startup public, and making it big. Today the rate of startups going public (IPO – Initial Public Offering) is up from the dead zone, but is still half the rate of 15 years ago. Startups going public are laid open to competitors and critics.

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Starting up down under: The guide to Australia’s growing startup scene

The Next Web

all IPO’d circa 2007/08 for a combined market value of around AUD $13 billion. If it is, then Australia does start to look appealing as a startup destination both as a founder and an investor. In fact, Australia’s biggest startup successes have all been in multi-sided marketplaces – CarSales.com.au , Seek.com.au and RealEstate.com.au

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