Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2023

As near as I can tell these are smaller ones, who don’t sell clothes, but typically sell companies and securities in a particular set of industries. So unless your business is well established, and ready to sell or go public (Initial Public Offering - IPO), you should steer clear of investment banks. Very confusing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2020

As near as I can tell these are smaller ones, who don’t sell clothes, but typically sell companies and securities in a particular set of industries. So unless your business is well established, and ready to sell or go public (Initial Public Offering - IPO), you should steer clear of investment banks. Very confusing.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The world around us is being disrupted by the acceleration of technology into more industries and more consumer applications. Technology solutions are now used by authoritarians to monitor and control populations, to stymie an individual company’s economic prospects or to foment chaos through demagoguery. What Has Changed in Financing?

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Pascal's View

MARCH 18, 2010

Susan Mangiero , CEO of Investment Governance’s Fiduciary X , asked me the following: Question: Do you think than anemic IPO market will remain a deterrent to VC investing? I believe that an entire generation of American innovation is at risk as a result of the lack of IPO’s. Yes I do.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 5, 2022

His way of leading is a great example of how people should lead whatever organization they're in – government or business. General Alexander founded IronNet to bring this knowledge and experience to the private sector and fill in a critical gap between cyber threats and available security technology. were on the rise.

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Gust

JANUARY 31, 2013

Last month, the SEC announced it was taking action regarding Netflix’ (NFLX) securities compliance based on a Facebook status update posted by CEO Reed Hastings. To understand the SEC’s point of view , it’s necessary to review the principles underlying securities law in the United States.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

As near as I can tell these are smaller ones, who don’t sell clothes, but typically sell companies and securities in a particular set of industries. So unless your business is well established, and ready to sell or go public (Initial Public Offering - IPO), you should steer clear of investment banks. Very confusing. Marty Zwilling.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

If and when a startup gets big enough, it can pursue an initial public offering (IPO) to get listed on the stock market, and raise funds publicly. SPACs have historically allowed smaller companies to get access to the public market even without an IPO, and they’re increasing in popularity. The basic idea is simple. Conclusion.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2018

Pierce Burnette knows the meaning of “humble beginnings” and has combined her intelligence quotient (IQ), emotional intelligence (EQ), entrepreneurial spirit, and technical knowledge to forge successful careers in engineering, information technology, and education. She is committed to improving representation in Austin’s technology landscape.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 24, 2014

We have three universities in the top 100 of the Shanghai ranking for engineering and technology. Beyond us claiming the first IPO ever, the Dutch could potentially claim (with a fair bit of imagination) history’s first ‘Super Angel.’ But our trust is rooted in the security of strong institutions and the rule of law.

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Pascal's View

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

These valid observations may be drawn from primary research sources such as the work published by the National Academies, whose most recent report, Assessing the Impact of Changes in the Information Technology R&D Ecosystem: Retaining Leadership in an Increasingly Global Environment , was released several months ago. More on this below.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 22, 2011

In 5 to 10 years most of them will be worth a fraction of their IPO price. While labeled the “dot.com” bubble, valuations went crazy across a wide range of technology sectors including telecommunications, enterprise software and biotech, not just the Internet. A few will be worth much, much more. The ultimate in asymmetric warfare.

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Scott Edward Walker

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Securities and Exchange Commission , we again present Mark Zuckerberg , co-founder of Facebook and indeed an amazing, inspirational entrepreneur. At Facebook, we’re inspired by technologies that have revolutionized how people spread and consume information. This is how we think about our IPO as well. They cannot be ignored.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

One of the most recent success story is the IPO of QIWI plc on the NASDAQ in May 2013. Since the date of the IPO, the company has tripled in size. Entrepreneurs should be aware that in relation to securing investment, the cultural rules are pretty much the same as in the UK or US. The role of the Russian Government.

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Pascal's View

AUGUST 12, 2009

It boggles the mind that Washington would enact new policies sure to prolong this (IPO) drought and strike at the heart of American innovation.” IPO drought testifies to a systemic liquidity crisis for emerging growth companies that is putting at risk an entire generation of innovative American companies. from the WSJ editorial).

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2011

As near as I can tell these are smaller ones, who don’t sell clothes, but typically sell companies and securities in a particular set of industries. So unless your business is well established, and ready to sell or go public (Initial Public Offering - IPO), you should steer clear of investment banks. Very confusing.

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Scalable Startup

AUGUST 26, 2014

After that it quickly gained credibility and spread throughout government, and corporate America. Dries has carefully pushed the technology not to the bleeding edge, but towards the modern edge where enterprises are comfortable. Will Amazon try to acquire all of Acquia before the inevitable IPO? What will come next?

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Seeing Both Sides

OCTOBER 3, 2011

What this means is that any economic development effort must be framed in the context of the following central question: how can the government help more young companies be formed, grow faster and achieve long-term success? Fortunately, there is a constructive policy conversation in this area on both sides of the political spectrum.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Talented entrepreneurs are nothing if not resilient in the face of change: Market forces, competitive threats, technological shifts, you name it. In recent years, government regulation has emerged as another such force to be reckoned with in the technology industry.

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Agile VC

AUGUST 9, 2012

The company’s lost nearly 80% of its value from the peak earlier this year, in the run up to Facebook’s IPO, and currently trades below $3/share… a fraction of it’s IPO price of $10. dual class governance w/ founder having majority voting control). That much we all know. market cap minus $1.6B

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

Technology. Personal Technology. TECHNOLOGY. Craig Walker, co-founder and CEO of Firespotter Labs, a technology incubator, said it feels unnatural to bestow so much voting power on one executive. This time around, technology entrepreneurs are being more assertive. WSJ Classroom. Ran gold Resources Ltd. My Journal.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2010

As near as I can tell these are smaller ones, who don’t sell clothes, but typically sell companies and securities in a particular set of industries. So unless your business is well established, and ready to sell or go public (Initial Public Offering - IPO), you should steer clear of investment banks. Very confusing.

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Pascal's View

AUGUST 22, 2009

On Monday, August 10, Barron’s ran a story “Does the IPO Market Shun Smaller Companies?”, This practice has created “ a near oligopolistic hold on tech IPOs ” by these large investment banks. The IPO chasm that exists today is the result of the death of the sub $50 million IPO. jobs today.

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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. And back then, the word technology may as well have been like a dictionary definition for the word good. In other words, all technology was a step forward for humanity. Obviously, the challenges of 2020 were next level.

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Pascal's View

MARCH 9, 2010

Susan Mangiero , CEO of Investment Governance’s Fiduciary X , asked me the following: Question: At a time when transparency is so important to institutional investors, how can fiduciaries reconcile that there is limited information available with a private company?

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 29, 2009

These IPOs meant that technology companies didn’t have to get acquired to raise money or get their founders and investors liquid. to spur innovation was a new government agency to fund new companies. government would invest three (up to $300,000.) In response, one of the many U.S.

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www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

In an IPO, it might not merely addexpense, but change the outcome. 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. Whendel.icio.us Thats more ideal thantypical.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Stanford and MIT were building on the technology breakthroughs of World War II and graduating a generation of engineers into a consumer and cold war economy that seemed limitless. These technology startups had no risk capital – just customers/purchase orders from government/military/intelligence agencies. Whitney Co. million.

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Pascal's View

SEPTEMBER 27, 2009

Given the recent upwelling of popular press articles heralding the return of IPOs, my views, which are supported by newly released long-term statistics,are likely to generate some discussion. Our nation’s lawmakers do not broadly recognize the public policy agenda implications of the fact that technology innovation has gone global.

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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. And back then, the word technology may as well have been like a dictionary definition for the word good. In other words, all technology was a step forward for humanity. Obviously, the challenges of 2020 were next level.

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Pascal's View

MAY 13, 2011

This is a good example of technology driven market change being accelerated by new securities regulations). This enabled consolidation among the brokerage houses and banks, which led to the loss of multiple distribution channels for securities and reduced the ability for small players to survive. cents or 6.25 cents or 6.25

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Pascal's View

OCTOBER 9, 2011

Increasing numbers of professionals in a position to foment meaningful change in the capital markets are recognizing that structural issues underlie the IPO drought for emerging companies with market capitalizations below $1 billion. Small Cap IPO? Again, I urge readers to make their voices heard on this topic. venture capitalists.

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Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Security, Cloud, NoSQL databases, etc. Marc Andreessen: So the computer industry started in 1950 and basically ran for 50 years with the same model, which was a model where all of the new computers, all the new technology, all the new software started out being sold for the highest prices to the biggest organizations.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Save Asia for post-IPO Single instance, multi-tenant, single datacenter - Have only one version of the code in production. The incumbent technology leaders like IBM, Oracle, or SAP, have done very little in online marketing, and thus have given their smaller challengers a huge opportunity. Save Asia for post-IPO.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 11, 2008

Its an academic treatise that tries to answer a seemingly straightforward question: after World War II, why did Silicon Valley become the undisputed leader of the technology world, while Bostons Route 128 corridor did not. And although both regions had outstanding research universities, MIT was way ahead of Stanford by every relevant measure.

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Pascal's View

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

… Doubtless, there is a crisis in the US IPO markets, and this issue is getting compounded each year. The Big Four Blog , written by professionals and alumni from the accounting firms of Accenture, Andersen, BearingPoint, CapGemini, Deloitte & Touche, Ernst & Young, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

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