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ReadWriteStart
JULY 20, 2023
While venture-backed startups struggle to find relief amidst a backlog of richly priced ventures, some tech companies are defying expectations and going public with resounding triumphs. Another prime example is the debut of Oddity Tech , a beauty-focused company that harnesses modern technology tools to create its products.
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. The revenue, profits and speed of scale of the winning companies can be breathtaking.
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Steve Blank
OCTOBER 24, 2017
. — Unremarked and unheralded, the balance of power between startup CEOs and their investors has radically changed: IPOs/M&A without a profit (or at times revenue) have become the norm. Technology cycles have become a treadmill, and for startups to survive they need to be on a continuous innovation cycle.
Steve Blank
APRIL 10, 2019
We slept under the tables, and pulled all-nighters to get to first customer ship, man the booths at trade shows or ship products to make quarterly revenue – all because it was “our” company. But 21st century companies face compressed technology cycles, which create the need for continuous innovation over a longer period of time.
Reid Hoffman
MARCH 19, 2019
And from a financial perspective, any investor would be better off buying stock in Amazon than buying and share of a corner bookshop; if you invested $100 in Amazon’s 1997 initial public offering (IPO), those shares would have been worth about $120,000 in 2018. These companies didn’t blitzscale; they scaled sustainably.”.
Growthink Blog
MAY 23, 2011
Through connections, or through a chance meeting at a networking or social event, an angel investor hears the entrepreneur's story, likes them and their technology, and on the spot, writes a check to provide the company with its first outside financing. There are a lot of dark, hard days.
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. This requires a visible focus on the company’s revenue model, the costs to get there, and cash on hand. Funding risk.
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