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The Snap IPO Happened. What Next LA?

Both Sides of the Table

It is fitting that 2012 is the year that Snapchat really took off in Los Angeles and raised its first venture capital and began a five year ascent to becoming LA’s most recognizable startup company and largest IPO alongside LAs other great startup brands such as Riot Games and Tinder. link] The Snap IPO Happened. What Next LA?

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Airbnb S-1 (Part 1): So How Profitable Is This Thing Really?

View from Seed

One of the most highly anticipated startup IPOs of recent years, we now get a peek inside Airbnb’s business. Uber is an $85B+ market cap company today but is essentially flat to its IPO price and late private round valuations. Airbnb’s public S-1 dropped Monday afternoon.

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How Do I Feel About the Snap IPO Given I Didn’t Invest?

Both Sides of the Table

How Do I Feel About the Snap IPO Given I Didn’t Invest? If you really want to know how I feel about Snapchat then you need to check out www.snapstorms.com where I post short advice videos that I previously recorded on Snapchat. I love this product & the community I’ve formed there.

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Why Uber is The Revenge of the Founders

Steve Blank

— 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. In the 20th century tech companies and their investors made money through an Initial Public Offering (IPO).

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A New Era For Entrepreneurs And Startups Has Begun

Startup Professionals Musings

Initial Public Offerings (IPO) are back as an exit strategy. That is a 65% increase in the number of IPOs over 2012, and the highest proceeds raised since the year 2000. business entrepreneur investment IPO social media startup' Thus a record number of entrepreneurs (and employees) are getting rich. It’s not too late to start.

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Startup Stock Options – Why A Good Deal Has Gone Bad

Steve Blank

Startup Compensation Changes with Growth Capital – 12 Years to an IPO. The three examples Suster uses – Salesforce, Google and Amazon – show how much more valuable the companies were after their IPOs. Venture capital growth funds are now giving startups the cash they would have received at an IPO.

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6 Key Rules To Stay Competitive In The Digital World

Startup Professionals Musings

That means that many companies are now forgoing the rush to go public (IPO), in favor of major equity investments from specialized venture capital funds, such as Japan’s SoftBank. Look for investors and organizations who practice 10x or 100x thinking, rather than earnings-per-share (EPS) every quarter.