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Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 7, 2013
For the full year 2012, venture-backed initial public offerings raised $21.5 Yet 2013 is still projected by The Fiscal Times as a difficult IPO opportunity for startups, due to choppy markets, continuing fiscal uncertainty, and the Facebook fiasco. To make this work, you will need an initial valuation of at least $5M.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 23, 2012
Technology has done wonders for the world; it has eradicated disease, brought man to the moon (and soon Mars) and increased living standards across the globe. In deed, in 2009,World of Warcraft alone represented 10% of global online gaming revenues. by Alanna Hardy. Online Gaming, Mobile Entertainment and the Video Game Design Boon.
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Steve Blank
OCTOBER 24, 2017
A version of this article is in the Harvard Business Review. — 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. 20th Century Tech Liquidity = Initial Public Offering.
Steve Blank
APRIL 10, 2019
A version of this article first appeared in the Harvard Business Review. Why Startups Offer Stock Options. In tech startups stock options were here almost from the beginning, first offered to the founders in 1957 at Fairchild Semiconductor , the first chip startup in Silicon Valley. Here’s why.
Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 2, 2013
Within the venture community, the first rule to remember is that opportunities abound these days, due to the increasing pace of technology evolution, and the scope and creativity of the global community. This requires a visible focus on the company’s revenue model, the costs to get there, and cash on hand. Funding risk.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 31, 2016
Continuously improve your company’s products and technologies by focusing on the few truly strategic core platforms. The single biggest reason that the average company struggles or even fails is due to their lack of focus and dilution of their greatest resource, which are people. Is a marketing plan important? Is high yield important?
Austin Startup
FEBRUARY 12, 2019
Those were CEOs of public companies and founders or executives of some of the fastest-growing and most successful tech companies in Austin and tech. One of the biggest myths alive and well in startup land, particularly in Silicon Valley and even in Austin’s tech scene, is that money rules all. But is it correct?
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