The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

A successful startup can yield a pot of gold if there’s an initial public offering. They have a wide variety of professions, from business experts to successful leaders, to corporate leaders, to doctors and lawyers. They’re looking to diversify their portfolio from just stocks and bonds.

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Accredited Investor Angel Investor Initial Public Offering Due Diligence 91

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

Even though the Initial Public Offering (IPO) alternative for a successful startup seems to be coming back, it is relatively rare. On the other hand, if you are looking for major financing to expand manufacturing capacity, or need major marketing efforts to build your brand, an IPO may be the only way to get you there.

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IPO Founder Exit Strategy Investment Bankers 224

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

Even though the Initial Public Offering (IPO) alternative for a successful startup seems to be coming back into vogue, it is relatively rare. Consider the recent example of Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg. After a record low of 39 U.S. IPOs in 2008, the market was up to a still trivial 159 in 2011.

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Exit Strategy IPO Investment Bankers Entrepreneur 239

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 3, 2011

Three trends which started in 2010 should continue into 2011 and should accelerate as the year goes on: VC funding will continue to accelerate fueled by the global growth in entrepreneurship; job creation will see gains, fueled by startups and small business; initial public offerings will see a comeback.

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Technical Review Venture Capital India Startup 93

Pascal's View

AUGUST 28, 2010

billion, followed by finance, 19 deals, and healthcare, 17 deals. does not exceed 500, which studies show is the level required to support 3% annual U.S. (vi) The biggest industry waiting is computers and electronics with 23 deals seeking to raise as much as $4.8 Private-equity and venture capital firms have been hard hit too.

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Venture Capital America Initial Public Offering IPO 56

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2011

Even though the Initial Public Offering (IPO) alternative for a successful startup seems to be coming back into vogue, it is still extremely rare. Only about a dozen U.S. companies made the IPO transition in 2009, out of thousands of startups.

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Exit Strategy IPO Investment Bankers Entrepreneur 235

Berkonomics

JUNE 15, 2017

From the moment such an investor looks seriously at your company, the investor or VC partner is thinking of the end game, the ultimate sale of the company or even of an eventual initial public offering. There is no middle ground. Taking money from these sources involves resetting priorities over time.

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Liquidity Event Initial Public Offering Dividend Valuation 97

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 11, 2015

This compensation can come in the form of a stock option , a stock appreciation right, or a similar financial instrument, which can potentially be quite lucrative for employees at the time of a merger, acquisition or initial public offering (IPO). Professionalisms business finance business valuation Janet Chase'

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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.

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IPO Startup Initial Public Offering eCommerce 107

Startup Company Lawyer

MARCH 12, 2009

Any company that raises venture financing will need to be a C corp in order to issue preferred stock. If founders want the benefit of flow through tax treatment with respect to losses prior to an outside financing, an S corp election may make sense as long as there are no entity or non-U.S. citizen/resident stockholders.

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LLC Stock Options Preferred Stock Stock 61

Growthink Blog

MAY 10, 2012

Mezzanine Financing Most companies that raise equity capital and are eventually acquired or go public receive multiple rounds of financing first. No right or wrong answer here, but if this is your vision then it's important to consider when negotiating deal terms on earlier stage financing rounds. Seed Funding 3.

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Equity Mezzanine Later Stage Venture Capital 88

Growthink Blog

APRIL 2, 2014

Well, if you don’t, try on these IPO, M&A, and financing stats from 1st Quarter 2014: Initial Public Offerings: 72 companies went public in the U.S. Don’t you just love these booming markets? in the 1st quarter - the largest number of new issuers since 2000 -raising a total of 11.1

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Private Equity Merger IPO Initial Public Offering 69

Growthink Blog

MAY 23, 2011

The typical wisdom regarding the appropriate financing course for a new company goes as follows: 1. This venture capital financing - usually between $3 and $10 million - is the first of a number of rounds of outside investment over a period of three to five years. My suggestions for the investors seeking emerging companies to back?

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Angel Investor Venture Capital Sweat Equity Cram Down 112

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). A 20th century VC was likely to have an MBA or finance background. 4. Founder-friendly VCs.

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Founder Technical Review CTO Hire IPO 245

Scott Edward Walker

OCTOBER 13, 2011

We just closed a $250,000 convertible note financing, and the bill was almost $13,000. Big firms are great for huge, complicated corporate projects – like an initial public offering, a tender offer or a public company merger. The problem is we’re getting killed on fees.

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Growthink Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

selling the company or having it complete an initial public offering). Suggested Resource: In Venture Capital Pitch Formula , you'll learn exactly how to find and contact venture capitalists, exactly what information to include in your presentations, and how to secure your financing. This video explains more.

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Venture Capital Liquidity Event Initial Public Offering Term Sheet 114

Berkonomics

JANUARY 27, 2010

From the moment such an investor looks seriously at your company, the investor or VC partner is thinking of the end game, the ultimate sale of the company or even of an eventual initial public offering. There is no middle ground. Taking money from these sources involves resetting priorities over time.

Liquidity Event 67

Liquidity Event Initial Public Offering Dividend Valuation 67

Gust

DECEMBER 28, 2011

In the “good old days,” angels invested in seed-stage startups and teed up promising companies for subsequent venture capital financing. If the company was successful, this quickly led to an IPO – a very happy ending for the entrepreneur, the angels, and the venture capitalists. My, my…how the world has changed.

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IPO Venture Capital Entrepreneur Angel Investor 153

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. The third is high gross margins.

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Cofounder Business Model IPO Non-Compete 28

online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

Loading… Personal Finance. Personal Finance. About 14% of the technology firms that have held initial public offerings between January 2011 and the end of June 2012 went public with at least two share classes—more than twice the 6.4% Finance Jobs |. Personal Finance. » More.

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Silicon Valley Founder Software Review Technical Review 42

online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

based companies initially funded by venture capital between 2006 and 2011, 84% now are closely held and operating independently, 11% were acquired or made initial public offerings of stock and 4% went out of business, according to Dow Jones VentureSource. Finance, Banking, Loans, etc. Of the 6,613 U.S.-based

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Venture Capital Software Review Rhode Island North Dakota 107