Growthink Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

If you don’t have a business that can scale globally, then either don’t bother or just content yourself with staying small. Try these statistics on for size, from 1999 to today Asia’s share of the world’s Initial Public Offerings grew from 12% to 66%. Check your ego firmly at the door when evaluating business models.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

VC’s worked with entrepreneurs to build profitable and scalable businesses, with increasing revenue and consistent profitability – quarter after quarter. The reward for doing so was a liquidity event via an Initial Public Offering. They taught you about customers, markets and profits. Lessons Learned.

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Pascal's View

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

I believe that, if he understood the reality of the venture capital industry today and its inextricable link to the Initial Public Offering (IPO) drought, his otherwise well-written article would have taken a markedly different direction. business model is broken. The pipeline is dry because the U.S.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2017

20th Century Tech Liquidity = Initial Public Offering. In the 20th century tech companies and their investors made money through an Initial Public Offering (IPO). — all great things when you are executing and scaling a known business model. Board Control. The founders.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

For years, the most desirable exit strategy for startup companies was to go public through an initial public offering. Questionable business model. Just 18 months after this photo sharing program and social network was launched, Facebook offered to purchase Instagram for $1 billion in cash and stock.

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Version One Ventures

JULY 20, 2015

Bessemer offers a good overview of current valuations for different business models: SaaS, marketplaces, consumer, and ecommerce. Thanks to Mark MacLeod for giving me the idea for this blog post.). Etsy had a market cap of about $2.22B as of July 20, with a revenue multiple of 8.2 immediately following its IPO).

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Growthink Blog

JULY 23, 2012

Try these statistics on for size, from 1999 to today Asia’s share of the world’s Initial Public Offerings grew from 12% to 66%. How / must your business model evolve to leverage these new opportunities? So from a business perspective, how can we make the Black Swan work for, and not against, us?

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