Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2022

In the old days, every entrepreneur planned on taking their startup public, and making it big. Today the rate of startups going public (IPO – Initial Public Offering) is finally up from the dead zone of the last two decades, and is now double the rate back in 1999. Constant pressure to increase earnings.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

In the old days, every entrepreneur dreamed of easily taking their startup public, and making it big. Today the rate of startups going public (IPO – Initial Public Offering) is up from the dead zone, but is still less than half the rate of 15 years ago. The M&A alternative looks simple by comparison.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 29, 2021

We can trace the Midwest’s renaissance to Sprout Social’s successful initial public offering (IPO) , which saw the company debut on public markets at a price of $17 per share and rise to over $120 per share today. Today, Sprout is a $6.6 billion company and has built up this valuation outside the Silicon Valley scene.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 6, 2014

With the recent apparent successes of several startups in taking their company public (initial public offering) and raising billions of dollars, I’m hearing a groundswell of enthusiasm from new entrepreneurs to follow in their footsteps to fund their companies and become billionaires overnight.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Initial Public Offering (IPO). ” This is because, when a company decides to sell itself to another company, the buyer will often incorporate or merge the services of that company into their own product or service offerings. See Also 3 Things Every Entrepreneur Needs to Know About Exit Strategies. Management buyout.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2019

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. had its initial public offering, raising $33.8 In April, 1996, Yahoo!

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 23, 2012

And, as the operating systems for mobile devices become more sophisticated and powerful, the sky is truly the limit for game designers, animators and developers. One thing is clear: mobile gaming – an industry whose market value is projected to exceed $54 billion in 2015 – is highly lucrative for the brains behind the games. Online Gaming.

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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. These companies primarily sell access to Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) products, but they frequently face challenges in achieving operating leverage.

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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. In most cases, these types of entities operate through joint efforts of all the partners yet only those who are deemed “general” have the final word and carry most of the risk.

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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

AUGUST 6, 2013

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. had its initial public offering, raising $33.8 In April, 1996, Yahoo!

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SiliconHills

OCTOBER 23, 2017

SailPoint Technologies, founded in 2005, filed papers with federal regulators on Friday to raise $100 million in an initial public offering. The company plans to use the proceeds of its offering to expand operations and add additional customers. […].

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 26, 2018

Despite the fact that the number of IPOs (Initial Public Offerings) for startups have continued to stay low, I still hear it touted often as the preferred exit strategy. The costs of an aborted IPO are sizable, and may not be deferred to a later period or offering. Everyone dreams of becoming a billionaire overnight.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 31, 2016

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. had its initial public offering, raising $33.8 In April, 1996, Yahoo!

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2012

The job changes from creating a “work of art” to operating a “cookie cutter.” Initial Public Offering (IPO). The ideal buyer is someone who has more skills and interest on the operational side of the business, and can scale it. This used to be the preferred mode, and the quick way to riches. Make it your cash cow.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

In the old days, every entrepreneur dreamed of someday taking their startup public, and making it a multi-national powerhouse. Typical costs for startups today range from $250,000 to $1 million, even if the offering does not go through. Startups going public are laid open to competitors and critics.

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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. Opening your company to the public will change the way you do business, from reinvesting returns for the future, to maximizing growth each quarter. After a record low of 39 U.S.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2012

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. had its initial public offering, raising $33.8 In April, 1996, Yahoo!

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

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. Their message and mission is confusing, even to professionals.

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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. Opening your company to the public will change the way you do business, from reinvesting returns for the future, to maximizing growth each quarter. After a record low of 39 U.S.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 26, 2011

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. had its initial public offering, raising $33.8 In April, 1996, Yahoo!

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 5, 2011

The job changes from creating a “work of art” to operating a “cookie cutter.” Initial Public Offering (IPO). The ideal buyer is someone who has more skills and interest on the operational side of the business, and can scale it. This used to be the preferred mode, and the quick way to riches. Make it your cash cow.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2016

Despite the fact that the number of IPOs (Initial Public Offerings) for startups have continued to decrease, I still hear it touted often as the preferred exit strategy. The costs of an aborted IPO are sizable, and may not be deferred to a later period or offering. Everyone dreams of becoming a billionaire overnight.

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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. Opening your company to the public will change the way you do business, from reinvesting returns for the future, to maximizing growth each quarter. Only about a dozen U.S.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2011

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. Their message and mission is confusing, even to professionals.

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Berkonomics

JULY 8, 2021

How do roundtables operate? Years ago, a young entrepreneur joined one of the roundtables, and we followed his progress with his issues, many of them directly related to fundraising, as he grew his company from a raw start-up to an initial public offering on the NASDAQ exchange, followed by continued growth in revenues and stock price.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 29, 2010

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. had its initial public offering, raising $33.8 In April, 1996, Yahoo!

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 4, 2018

I’ve been involved with well over twenty successful exits and four initial public offerings over the years, some of them with monstrous gains, some more modest. First, there are at least three types of exits. Then in addition, there are the exits that returned some portion of capital, but nothing more.

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Startup Company Lawyer

MARCH 12, 2009

If a C corp generates net operating losses rather than net income, these are carried forward to offset future corporate taxable income. However, such operating losses may not be used to offset taxable income of the individual shareholders. 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

20th Century Tech Liquidity = Initial Public Offering. In the 20th century tech companies and their investors made money through an Initial Public Offering (IPO). Replacing the founder when the company needed to scale was almost standard operating procedure. The founders. The founders.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 14, 2012

IPO stands for Initial Public Offering, and is the first sale of a private stock to the public. Net Operating Profit After Tax, or NOPAT, is a performance measure that reveals a company’s after-tax profit. What You Thought It Meant: Giant Awesome Animatronic Porcupine. Maybe double-check that contract.

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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). Why is it important to hire an experienced valuation firm?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2010

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. Their message and mission is confusing, even to professionals.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

The reward for doing so was a liquidity event via an Initial Public Offering. There was no repeatable methodology, startups and their VC’s still operated like startups were simply a smaller version of a large company. They taught you about customers, markets and profits. August 1995 – March 2000: The Dot.Com Bubble.

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Rob Go

OCTOBER 1, 2014

It’s the eve of Wayfair’s Initial Public Offering, and I’m so excited for the company. Big congrats to the entire team there, especially NextView Venture Advisors Niraj and Steve (who were among the first people to get behind NextView in the early days). Congrats Wayfair!

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Investors look for a team with business, financial, marketing, and operational skills, as well as a social passion. Constituents look for a long-term strategy of continuing return, normally including an initial public offering (IPO) or merger/acquisition, to on-going value or option to cash out.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

I’ve been involved with well over a dozen successful exits and four initial public offerings over the years, some of them with monstrous gains, some more modest. Then in addition, there are the exits that returned some portion of capital, but nothing more.

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