Down Round Hiring Internet IPO 
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 22, 2011
The fact that today’s Internet bubble does not represent all companies does not disprove its existence. Ah, but today’s Internet companies have real revenue! And this is happening in mezzanine (pre-IPO) deals as well. And post IPO deals, although these tend to correct more quickly. and profits!
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 5, 2011
Early-stage investors in technology startups are only looking for growth-oriented companies that can achieve an “exit&# someday – either via selling your company to a larger company or via an IPO. And the CEO they would hire to come in and run the business when you go would always be a mercenary.
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Scalable Startup
OCTOBER 26, 2011
The current phenomenon of Internet multi-millionaires recycling their money back into the startup markets is creating “super” angels like Ron Conway. It’s no longer based on a hunch, unless the company is in trouble and needs money to finish what the first round started. source: Crunchbase.
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. The same thing happened to many Internet stocks.
Reid Hoffman
JUNE 8, 2021
Airbnb was preparing for an IPO right when the pandemic hit, and everything changed in a matter of days. Airbnb got scrutiny before we were big, because Airbnb meant the internet moving into your neighborhood. And I hired a COO, Belinda Johnson , and she said, “No, if people don’t like you, you should meet with them.”
Reid Hoffman
JUNE 8, 2021
Airbnb was preparing for an IPO right when the pandemic hit, and everything changed in a matter of days. Airbnb got scrutiny before we were big, because Airbnb meant the internet moving into your neighborhood. And I hired a COO, Belinda Johnson , and she said, “No, if people don’t like you, you should meet with them.”
Scalable Startup
FEBRUARY 1, 2013
To bring out a new technology for consumers first, you just had a very long road to go down to try to find people who actually would pay money for something. So it would seem like they are an antidote to, or at least less offensive than, social/consumer Internet companies are to the public markets. Stick a fork in it.
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