Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2013

Within the venture community, the first rule to remember is that opportunities abound these days, due to the increasing pace of technology evolution, and the scope and creativity of the global community. That means merger and acquisition (M&A), not initial public offering (IPO).

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 21, 2018

Initial Public Offerings (IPO) are back as an exit strategy. Bloomberg reports that forty-nine percent more companies went public in 2017 versus 2016. Now they are back in every community, with the best even waving money at graduates. Two of these, Uber and Didi Chuxing, have already passed $50 billion.

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Growthink Blog

MAY 23, 2011

With this capital, the company propels itself to $50 million+ in revenues, and to either a sale to a strategic acquirer or to an initial public offering. This venture capital financing - usually between $3 and $10 million - is the first of a number of rounds of outside investment over a period of three to five years.

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Gust

DECEMBER 27, 2011

The investment community in any geographic area is not that large, and most investors have relationships or knowledge of most of the others. Look for positive or negative news articles, any controversial relationships, and involvement in community organizations. Here are some techniques for making the assessment: 1.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2015

Initial Public Offerings (IPO) are back as an exit strategy. Now they are back in every community, with the best even waving money at graduates. An unprecedented number of startups, over 100 at last count, are now valued above $1 billion, according to a recent Wall Street Journal article.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 16, 2014

He is co-founder of international start-up community event organisation 3beards and founder and director of Albion Drive , a fully integrated communicaitons agency for entrepreneurs and challenger brands. Meet-ups and community. Bryce Keane is an Australian expat now living in London. Australia is not short on those.

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

Create a profile for me in the Journal Community. Journal Community. About 14% of the technology firms that have held initial public offerings between January 2011 and the end of June 2012 went public with at least two share classes—more than twice the 6.4% Journal Community. Journal Community.

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Pascal's View

OCTOBER 6, 2009

To be clear, this process began over eleven years ago and, in my view, it is the single most important issue for the venture capital community because it jeopardizes an entire generation of innovative American companies. Despite the recent uptick in IPO activity, over the last several years, initial public offerings in U.S.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Those were CEOs of public companies and founders or executives of some of the fastest-growing and most successful tech companies in Austin and tech. Those were teachers, accountants, consultants, entrepreneurs, and community leaders. Those were friends and families. They were, and remain, my team.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

based companies initially funded by venture capital between 2006 and 2011, 84% now are closely held and operating independently, 11% were acquired or made initial public offerings of stock and 4% went out of business, according to Dow Jones VentureSource. Journal Community. Journal Community. Mary Childs.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 5, 2012

Treasury Department assembled 17 leaders of the startup business investment community, under the auspices of its Access to Capital Conference. Among their recommendations was something called an "IPO on-ramp:" a five-year relaxation in the reporting requirements for companies in the formative stage.

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