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Planning for the Future: Your Exit Strategy

Up and Running

Initial Public Offering (IPO). ” This is because, when a company decides to sell itself to another company, the buyer will often incorporate or merge the services of that company into their own product or service offerings. The post Planning for the Future: Your Exit Strategy appeared first on Bplans Blog.

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Connecting the Dots: How New Job Creation, IPO’s, and Venture Capital in America Are Intimately Linked

Pascal's View

For more on the book, see my next blog post. does not exceed 500, which studies show is the level required to support 3% annual U.S. (vi) The biggest industry waiting is computers and electronics with 23 deals seeking to raise as much as $4.8 billion, followed by finance, 19 deals, and healthcare, 17 deals. Share and Enjoy:

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The Next Bubble – Don’t Get Fooled Again

Steve Blank

Today, the signs of the new bubble are the Linked-In initial public offering (IPO), Facebook’s stratospheric valuation and the rapid rise of early-stage startup valuation. The technology blogs (TechCrunch, et al.) start cheerleading, and the general business press/blogs start paying attention.

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Three economic trends for 2011 (fueled by startup goodness)

crowdSPRING Blog

Three trends which started in 2010 should continue into 2011 and should accelerate as the year goes on: VC funding will continue to accelerate fueled by the global growth in entrepreneurship; job creation will see gains, fueled by startups and small business; initial public offerings will see a comeback.

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Where Have All the IPOs Gone?

Ben's Blog

Where has the initial public offering (IPO) gone? That’s a question the capital markets have been asking for some time, and is a leading concern of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), too. But this question matters beyond those interested …

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Entrepreneurship in the Fast Lane

Growthink Blog

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%. If you don’t have a business that can scale globally, then either don’t bother or just content yourself with staying small. 7 Companies in China have raised more than $1 billion in an IPO this year.

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Knowing When It’s Time To Sell Your Startup

YoungUpstarts

For years, the most desirable exit strategy for startup companies was to go public through an initial public offering. Christopher regularly contributes to Amsterdam Printing’s blog. by Christopher Wallace, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Amsterdam Printing.

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