Steve Blank

JUNE 15, 2011

Bubbles are not new; we have had them for hundreds of years (the Tulip Mania , South Sea Company , Mississippi Company , etc.). It sent a signal that there is an irrational demand for tech IPOs. million in 2010 sales). million in 2010 sales). And in the last decade, we have had the dot.com bust and the housing bubble.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 21, 2012

All businesses begin with a specific idea in mind, and although some stick to exactly what they started with, it’s much more common to find that a business has grown and evolved over time to keep up with changes in supply, demand, and even resource availability. Delta Airlines. Western Union.

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www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

A lawyer I asked about it said: When the company goes public, the SEC will carefully study all prior issuances of stock by the company and demand that it take immediate action to cure any past violations of securities laws. For example, VCs generally write it into the deal thatin any sale, they get their investment back first.

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Scalable Startup

MAY 16, 2015

But its stock is trading at twenty-odd times the company’s annual sales.” When asked by the WSJ if there will be enough demand to fund “two or three or more players in these categories,” Andreesen says, “Generally in tech, the markets are winner take all.” There is no E in the P/E. And the losers?

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