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. Even in most of these cases, the original startup founders were pushed out, or heavily supplemented, with “experienced” executives. business entrepreneur exit founder IPO startup'

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

None normally work for or provide funds for early-stage startups. 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. Yet every business needs to have a good relationship with a bank, for day to day operations.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 4, 2018

Thus far, he has managed and operated multiple companies that attained enough success to serve as conversation-starting topics for other entrepreneurs. These entities are based on “members” who share in the profits as well as the risk associated with the operations. The Ever-Changing Nature of Business.

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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. companies made the IPO transition in 2009, out of thousands of startups. Only about a dozen U.S. Pressures to maintain growth pattern.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2011

None normally work for or provide funds for early-stage startups. None of these investment banks offer traditional banking services, as you would expect from one of the following: Retail banks Commercial banks Credit unions Savings and loans As startup founders, you first need to deal with one of these banks, probably a commercial bank.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 3, 2015

The visibility of Google, Facebook and a few others continues to propagate the myth that the ultimate objective of every entrepreneur should be to take their startups public via an initial public offering at the earliest opportunity. All strategy and operational moves become public.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 31, 2016

Every startup founder knows implicitly that startup success is a long hard road. Six years later, he managed to land a contract with IBM to provide their IBM PC base operating system. Even still, it was another five years before Microsoft went public in 1986, making him an overnight success worth $350 million.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 29, 2010

Every startup founder knows implicitly that startup success is a long hard road. Six years later, he managed to land a contract with IBM to provide their IBM PC base operating system. Even still, it was another five years before Microsoft went public in 1986, making him an overnight success worth $350 million.

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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. Even in most of these cases, the original startup founders were pushed out, or heavily supplemented, with “experienced” executives. After a record low of 39 U.S.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2012

Every startup founder knows implicitly that startup success is a long hard road. Six years later, he managed to land a contract with IBM to provide their IBM PC base operating system. Even still, it was another five years before Microsoft went public in 1986, making him an overnight success worth $350 million.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 26, 2011

Every startup founder knows implicitly that startup success is a long hard road. Six years later, he managed to land a contract with IBM to provide their IBM PC base operating system. Even still, it was another five years before Microsoft went public in 1986, making him an overnight success worth $350 million.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2010

None really provide funds for early-stage startups. None of these investment banks offer traditional banking services, as you would expect from one of the following: Retail banks Commercial banks Credit unions Savings and loans As startup founders, you first need to deal with one of these banks, probably a commercial bank.

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Startup Company Lawyer

MARCH 12, 2009

Almost all technology startup companies that I work with are C corps. I generally avoid LLCs as most technology startup companies need to grant options to employees and consultants, and there is no easy “off the rack&# method to do this. A C corp is also the easiest type of entity to take public in an initial public offering.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2017

. — Unremarked and unheralded, the balance of power between startup CEOs and their investors has radically changed: IPOs/M&A without a profit (or at times revenue) have become the norm. The startup process has become demystified – information is everywhere. 20th Century Tech Liquidity = Initial Public Offering.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

Since the recent recession, and at least partially sparked by it, I’m seeing a real resurgence of entrepreneurial spirit, and more startup activity than ever before. 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.

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Growthink Blog

MAY 23, 2011

With this capital, the company propels itself to $50 million+ in revenues, and to either a sale to a strategic acquirer or to an initial public offering. By definition, companies that receive venture capital cannot fund their businesses from operations, and thus need to seek outside capital.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

It probably had more to do with the fact that they had doubled their sales annually for several years, and still managed to squeeze out a profit of $11M in their year of acquisition. Investors look for a team with business, financial, marketing, and operational skills, as well as a social passion. billion a few years ago.

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Growthink Blog

MAY 10, 2012

Nevertheless, this is when you get the startup money to kickstart your business with the bare essentials needed to begin making and fulfilling your first sales. Necessary machinery, an initial website, your first batch of inventory-things you can't function without. Series B is the round that follows series A in early stage financing.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 16, 2014

This was the national news story that greeted me when I first arrived back in my home city of Melbourne for a Christmas visit, after spending the past three of five years overseas working towards building a vibrant startup ecosystem in London with my own community organisation 3beards. and RealEstate.com.au Companies to watch.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 15, 2024

M&A/ Exits – This situation is compounded by a narrowing window for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and initial public offerings (IPOs). Ready to IPO – there are several Israeli startups with over $200 million of ARR who are waiting to IPO when the window opens.

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

For most startups, it’s no secret that a significant part of their long-term plans is to go public and become the next market darling for investors. Here are three IPO lessons and what they hold for today’s startups. The obvious lesson here is to make sure that your startup’s financial house is in order.

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