abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

The pressures of lofty paper valuations, massive burn rates (and the subsequent need for more cash), and unprecedented low levels of IPOs and M&A, have created a complex and unique circumstance which many Unicorn CEOs and investors are ill-prepared to navigate. In Q1 of 2016 there were zero VC-backed technology IPOs.

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www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

In an IPO, it might not merely addexpense, but change the outcome. Those remedial actions can delay, stall or even kill the IPO. Of course the odds of any given startup doing an IPO are small.But not as small as they might seem. Whatkind of anti-dilution protection do they want? They just want to invest in this startup.

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Reid Hoffman

JUNE 8, 2021

Airbnb was preparing for an IPO right when the pandemic hit, and everything changed in a matter of days. Most boards have an audit committee, a nominating governance committee and a comp committee. And I made a decision not to do an equity round, because I thought it would be a down round. Let’s go with debt.

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Reid Hoffman

JUNE 8, 2021

Airbnb was preparing for an IPO right when the pandemic hit, and everything changed in a matter of days. Most boards have an audit committee, a nominating governance committee and a comp committee. And I made a decision not to do an equity round, because I thought it would be a down round. Let’s go with debt.

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