Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 20, 2019
Initial Public Offerings (IPO) are back as an exit strategy. Statistica reports that almost 20 percent more companies went public in 2018 versus 2017. An unprecedented number of startups, 427 at last count, are now valued above $1 billion, according to CB Insights. The median deal size is back over $100 million.
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. An unprecedented number of startups, almost 200 at last count, are now valued above $1 billion, according to a recent Forbes article.
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Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 26, 2013
Initial Public Offerings (IPO) are back as an exit strategy. According to a report just out, a record 156 operating companies went public in the U.S. An unprecedented number of startups, easily 25 and possibly exceeding 40, are valued today at $1 billion or more, according to a recent NY Times article.
Steve Blank
OCTOBER 24, 2017
20th Century Tech Liquidity = Initial Public Offering. In the 20th century tech companies and their investors made money through an Initial Public Offering (IPO). Technology cycles have become a treadmill, and for startups to survive they need to be on a continuous innovation cycle.
Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 19, 2015
Initial Public Offerings (IPO) are back as an exit strategy. Conglomerates, which were the engines of growth and vitality in the twentieth century, have proven themselves unable to innovate, and have a tarnished public image due to financial woes and poor management.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 23, 2012
Facebook’s chief online game developer, Zynga , was recently given the enormous market value of $7 billion in its initial public offering and ninety-three percent of Zynga’s yearly revenue is generated through Facebook. And such business is very profitable. A Career In Video Game Design Industry.
Pascal's View
AUGUST 28, 2010
There is plenty of debate, however, over what drives that job creation engine in our country. 6) The most efficient fuel for this IPO engine is venture capital. Everybody agrees that, without meaningful job growth, America will not emerge from its current deep economic funk. GDP growth, the U.S.
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