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. IPOs in 2008, the market was up to a still trivial 128 in 2012 (compared to 675 in 1996). business entrepreneur exit founder IPO startup' Consider the recent example of Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg.

IPO 224

IPO Founder Exit Strategy Investment Bankers 224

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Corporate transactions including mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and initial public offerings (IPO) bring necessary capital and resources to a growing company. Do IPOs also necessitate an additional policy? In 2014, IPO activity grew substantially until it reached its current rate – the highest in the last six years.

IPO 147

IPO Prospectus Merger Initial Public Offering 147

Agile VC

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Twitter’s IPO has garnered a ton of attention in the tech and popular press. So their revenue figures, pre IPO financing and ownership, and other info is all widely available. Growth IPOs Are Back. Instagram hadn’t built a true business (e.g. Value of Media vs E-Commerce vs Premium Services.

IPO 194

IPO Aggregator B2B Internet 194

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. IPOs in 2008, the market was up to a still trivial 159 in 2011. Consider the recent example of Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg. After a record low of 39 U.S.

Exit Strategy 239

Exit Strategy IPO Investment Bankers Entrepreneur 239

View from Seed

MARCH 24, 2021

At NextView Ventures we have written many pieces about venture capital — how to raise it, build your business, engage with investors, iterate your product, navigate expanding industries, etc. Rethinking the Standard Fundraising Deck “I’d make it crystal clear what your product actually does. VCs sure do love writing.

Seed Stage 177

Seed Stage Hiring IPO Analytics 177

Version One Ventures

JANUARY 4, 2021

This will be Version One’s first prospective IPO! seed to Figma-tize product collaboration. Product news. The company also welcomed Kelly Kramer to the Board of Directors, appointed Marc Andreessen from Board Observer to Board Director, and promoted Emilie Choi as president and COO. . Jam raised a $3.5M

Portfolio 148

Portfolio Technical Review Securities and Exchange Commission North America 148

VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2021

Companies like iHeartMedia, SiriusXM, and Spotify are investing in and leading the evolution of audio, focused on music streaming (on-demand and lean-back modalities), podcasting and content production. Products that were previously not inherently social, will embrace community, stories and sharing to increase stickiness and drive revenue.

Technical Review 207

Technical Review Audio Forecast Social Media 207

View from Seed

OCTOBER 11, 2022

As someone who has seen multiple companies go from concept to $1B scale (and IPO), her experience and insight will be invaluable to the founders we work with. We write checks as small as $400K into pre-seed companies and as large as $4M and prefer to get involved before product/market fit.

Cofounder 156

Cofounder San Francisco Portfolio Limited Partner 156

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 15, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, July 15, 2010 Some IPO speculation Inspired by Steve Blank’s post today about the “lost decade&# of IPO’s , I’d like to make some predictions. The fact that IPO’s are disappearing makes intuitive sense to me. New products become commoditized too fast.

IPO 166

IPO San Francisco Lean Silicon Valley 166

Steve Blank

JULY 11, 2017

Before the rapid rise of Unicorns, (startups with a valuation over a billion dollars), when boards were still in control, they “encouraged” the hiring of “adult supervision” of the founders after they found product/market fit. These new CEOs would also act as a brake to temper the founder’s excesses. And they were right.

Part-Time VPE 308

Part-Time VPE Liquidity Event Stock Engineer 308

Steve Blank

JANUARY 22, 2014

Startups still need capital to scale once they find good product-market fit and a repeatable-scalable business model.). They failed due to: the dearth of deals in the region that have IPO potential and. The cloud , open-source development tools and web 2.0 Large regionally based early stage funds have mostly failed.

Early Stage 286

Early Stage Silicon Valley Oregon Technical Review 286

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 5, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, October 5, 2008 The product managers lament Life is not easy when youre working in an old-fashioned waterfall development process, no matter what role you play. I met one recently that is working on a really innovative product, and the stories I heard from their development team made me want to cringe.

San Francisco 158

San Francisco Management Software Review Product 158

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2017

This combinatorial model works because it’s diversified, can best withstand bear markets, benefits from technological synergies, and it’s the mix of products and services clients value. However each component will change dramatically. Whilst not leading to massive headcount reduction, it will require a change in skill sets and attitudes. .

Technical Review 154

Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Software Review IPO 154

The Startup Magazine

MARCH 14, 2022

Organisations in our country now trust their employees with remote and hybrid work, improving their productivity and boosting morale. After doing the requisite due diligence, investors can select their preferred companies. Equity listing offers an opportunity for investors from cities to own a part of the company.

Technical Review 144

Technical Review Due Diligence India Startup 144

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2011

It has been at least a decade since going public via an Initial Public Offering (IPO) has been considered a credible exit strategy for startups. Usually a small company can sell about 20 percent of its stock in an IPO. In 1999, there were 486 IPOs nationwide; just 10 years later, in 2009, there were only 63. How’s the timing?

IPO 223

IPO Social Media Media Exit Strategy 223

Ben's Blog

AUGUST 31, 2020

Fintech products ease more Americans into the stock market. In defense of the IPO, and how to. … The post Swipe debit card, get stock; In defense of the IPO; New models for SMB lending, and more appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz. This first appeared in the monthly a16z fintech newsletter. IN THIS EDITION.

IPO 85

IPO Stock Product Marketing 85

VC Adventure

AUGUST 31, 2017

At IPO only 7 of 39 companies that have gone publics since 2013 had positive EBITDA. The average SaaS company is now 12 years old and has over $100M in revenue at the time of their IPO . Not surprisingly companies raised well above their revenue level in the earlier stages as they built product and sales and marketing.

IPO 113

IPO Vertical Balance Sheet Valuation 113

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. .” Management buyout. Family succession. Liquidation.

Exit Strategy 117

Exit Strategy Lock-up Period Merger IPO 117

Hunter Walker

APRIL 3, 2014

In advance of the IPO I reconnected with their SVP Product & User Experience Alex Kinnier, whom I know from our days together at Google. Several that you know are Wayne Lin, Senior Director of Product Management, Shawn Thompson, Director of Professional Services, and Barry Stern, VP Finance.

IPO 106

IPO Product Japan Australia 106

Austin Startup

MAY 10, 2021

Hologram , a global cellular platform for IoT, announced it hired Mike Georgoff this month as its first Chief Product Officer as the organization continues its growth. Georgoff has more than 15 years of experience as a growth-stage executive focused on strategy, product and design. We’re thrilled to welcome Mike to our team.

Hiring 104

Hiring Product United States Startup 104

Version One Ventures

DECEMBER 14, 2021

We had our first IPO ( Coinbase ), quickly followed by a second one ( Cazoo ). Companies still need to evolve their narrative and vision over time, successfully shift from one to multiple products, build a high performing leadership team, retain their entrepreneurial culture while scaling, etc.

Technical Review 87

Technical Review North America Portfolio IPO 87

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2021

Many entrepreneurs never get past their first-stage focus on their innovative product, to scaling the business globally, organizing a structure to handle thousands of employees, and concentrating their focus “on the business” rather than working “in the business.” Switch your focus from product development to sales.

Merger 379

Merger Due Diligence SEC IPO 379

Mucker Lab

APRIL 6, 2023

Hila Qu joined Mucker’s Tony Yang for an Ask-Me-Anything (AMA) conversation about Product-Led Growth (PLG) for Startups to kickoff the 2023 Mucker Growth Series. The other dimension you need to think about is the product complexity. As an individual user, I have absolutely no interest in using this product myself or testing it out.

Product 78

Product CTO Hire Startup Fractional CTO 78

Hunter Walker

DECEMBER 11, 2023

It might ‘exit’ again at a later point (anything from a sale to an IPO), but it’s no long dependent on VC funding. Our goal is to develop innovative products and features that help make recruiters jobs easier, emphasizing the importance of humans making decisions in hiring.

Private Equity 78

Private Equity Equity DC Leveraged Buyout 78

YoungUpstarts

MAY 6, 2019

They make money by starting a product from scratch and then selling it in thousands of dollars. In most cases, they hit the jackpot when their products are sold for millions. You don’t have a product and most of your meetings will not bring any fruit. You are looking for cofounders that can help you build a product.

Startup 113

Startup Technical Cofounder Merger Early Stage 113

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 27, 2018

I’m still amazed at how many technical entrepreneurs don’t have a business pitch, and offer me their product pitch or product spec instead. I’m a technologist, so I always love to learn about the product, but every investor needs to make sure you have a business, as well as a product. But it’s critical to have one.

Product 145

Product Intellectual Property Liquidity Event Exit Strategy 145

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2023

For example, if you have a proven product, real revenue, a big potential market, and are ready to scale up the business, every investor will be interested. For investors, this is the idea stage , where you may have a great idea, but no plan, product, or customers, and probably no success record in this business domain. Congratulations!

Angel Investor 313

Angel Investor Intellectual Property Investment Bankers Private Equity 313

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 3, 2019

The key is an increased attention to storytelling that goes far beyond product description. They had unique technology, but needed help better explaining why that mattered to buyers who were stuck in the old ways of thinking about network security risk, products and categories.

B2B 170

B2B Sales Cycle Technical Review IPO 170

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2020

For the rest of us, we need a business plan, as well as a product plan. Some of you may be convinced that your product specification communicates the product message even better than a business plan, so why be redundant? Professional investors and even customers invest in people, rather than just a product.

Business Plan 423

Business Plan Product Intellectual Property Elevator Pitch 423

ReadWriteStart

MARCH 31, 2020

When anyone asks what investors look for in startups , typical answers include an experienced management team, a large market for their product or service, growth potentials, uniqueness. Moreso, there is a lot of competition with investors doing all they can to determine the viability of a business before putting their money into it.

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Startup Term Sheet 175

Steve Blank

APRIL 23, 2014

Most large companies manage three types of innovation: process innovation (making existing products incrementally better), continuous innovation (building on the strength of the company’s current business model but creating new elements) and disruptive innovation (creating products or services that did not exist before.).

Acquisition 332

Acquisition Intellectual Property Silicon Valley Startup 332

YoungUpstarts

MAY 24, 2018

Our product is delivered electronically; sales tax doesn’t apply to us.”. “We These tax liabilities, which many companies believe don’t exist, can turn into a heavy burden in the event that a company seeks investors, financing, IPO or sale. The sale of software isn’t subject to sales tax.”.

South Dakota 160

South Dakota North Dakota Wyoming United States 160

The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

When he founded Netflix as a DVD rental service in 1997, Hastings had already led one company, Pure Software, from its birth to an IPO. Then in 1991 I came up with a product for developers that turned out to be important enough to build a company around. You’ve IPOed two companies. It was just such a joy to develop things.

Swaziland 137

Swaziland Entrepreneur IPO Netherlands 137

BeyondVC

MARCH 21, 2017

There is a whole world of what being enterprise ready from a product perspective looks like, and how SaaS companies can use new technology like Docker to have the best of both worlds, SaaS and on-prem without multiple code bases. The post Thoughts from Mulesoft and AppDynamics IPO Filings appeared first on BeyondVC.

IPO 88

IPO Cloud Azure Revenue 88

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 25, 2011

Product design means saying ‘no’ to 1,000 good ideas – [link]. Excellent tips for startups on hiring product managers – [link]. Interesting perspective on LinkedIn’s IPO – arguing that the IPO price was reasonable – [link]. Where are the women? – [link].

Social Media 86

Social Media Small Business Design Media 86

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

This huge increase of capital is really just money that used to be invested post-IPO, so more value is captured by VCs who traditionally sold post-IPO In a way we see this late-stage capital as a different market segment than traditional venture capital but it gets lumped into the same classification. trillion in value. Still reading?

Venture Capital 292

Venture Capital IPO Mezzanine Early Stage 292

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 26, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, April 26, 2009 Product development leverage Leverage has once again become a dirty word in the world of finance, and rightly so. But I want to talk about a different kind of leverage, the kind that you can get in product development. We didnt think wed able to compete with that.

Product Development 88

Product Development Developer San Francisco Product 88