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Startup IPO Market: A Fickle Mistress ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

In the software an internet space a number of companies obviously had strong public offerings (LinkedIn, Yandex, Pandora, RenRen, et al). What does seem to be true is that the current aversion for new IPOs is mostly due to general lack of appetite for risk at present, rather than something intrinsic to growing tech companies.

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The Boston Consumer Tech Year In Review

Rob Go

So I thought I’d jot down some of the highlights I have seen from my vantage point in this 2011 Boston Consumer Web Year in Review. Zipcar: Ok, not exactly consumer web/software, but a great consumer tech company nonetheless. Onwards to 2012! IPO’s/Exits. Tripadvisor: An amazing entrepreneurial story. market cap.

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Who are the Major Revenue-Based Investing VCs?

David Teten

Manuge continues, “Corl connects to a business’ bank accounts, accounting software, payment processors, and other digital services to collect 10,000+ historical data points that are analyzed in real-time. We have reviewed the application process of other RBI lenders and have not found one that has more API connections that ours.

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The Entrepreneur’s Essentials #3: The five critical ingredients to build a big company

Austin Startup

We also made sure to look at the financial profile of other Software as a Service (SaaS) companies. If we couldn’t sell our first product for that, which was Bazaarvoice Ratings & Reviews, then it probably wasn’t worth selling in the first place because we could have never built into a SaaS company that had a viable financial profile.

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Venture Capital Funding and the Sexism You Can’t Quite Prove

Up and Running

While private equity has a history in the U.S. that dates back over a century , the “boom or bust” period of the 1980s to early 1990s is considered the period that marks the rise in private equity and venture capital funding as we know it today. Sabrina Parsons, CEO of Palo Alto Software.

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ProfessorVC: Bootstrapping 101

Professor VC

2012. (1). How Much Diligence is Due. They have a standard presentation on bootstrapping, which they present around the country. Based on your article you might be interested in my book,which you can see on my web site www.bootstrapping101.com April 4, 2010 8:34 AM. Post a Comment. Newer Post. Older Post. Blog Archive.

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How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology

David Teten

He has been granted two software patents, and has multiple patents pending. He was named among the World’s Top 100 Young Innovators by MIT Technology Review and received the TR100 award in 2002. Panel 2 – How Social Investing is Disrupting Investments in Hedge Funds, Private Equity Funds, and Other Alternatives.