Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

A reverse merger is the acquisition of an already public company (usually a dormant shell) to avoid the Initial Public Offering (IPO) process and cost, to quickly get your startup on a public exchange for fund raising through visibility and selling stock. Reverse mergers may not get your startup on the Nasdaq.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 24, 2018

The sale of software isn’t subject to sales tax.”. 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. more than two days).

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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.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2017

The combination of services and infrastructure traditionally housed under one roof – underwriting, research, sales & trading, supported by large back office operations, and monitored by compliance systems – will remain at the sector’s core. At least for investment banks the answer is not so clear cut.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2021

Then there is the pressure to go public ( IPO ), and open your investment to thousands, maybe millions, of small investors. Switch your focus from product development to sales. Isolate marketing from sales for maximum customer focus. They will then line up with you, per Yvon Chouinard and Patagonia.

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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?

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2021

As part of this, Vogue says we will see more influencers turning into retailers – either by selling their own merch or driving sales for brands. Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Snap start to deliver on the promise of social commerce. of US social network users) according to Falcon.io’s 2021 digital marketing trends.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 3, 2019

A recent survey by CEB reported that 57 percent of the typical business-to-business sales cycle is complete before the buyer’s first contact with vendors. The real power of influence in sales and marketing has shifted from content to context, from value to viewpoint and from evaluation to experience.

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Steve Blank

JULY 11, 2017

The belief then was that most founders couldn’t acquire the HR, finance, sales, and board governance skills rapidly enough to steer the company to a liquidity event, so they hired professional managers. These new CEOs would also act as a brake to temper the founder’s excesses.

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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. That third one generally means “Selling” though that can take various forms, such as exiting via IPO, paying themselves a dividend, etc.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

And this is happening in mezzanine (pre-IPO) deals as well. And post IPO deals, although these tend to correct more quickly. If everybody is over-paying for early-to-mid stage deals you’d imagine that these all need to feed into a frenzied M&A and IPO market that will garner big returns for these risks investors are taking.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Common exit strategies include being acquired by another company, the sale of equity, or a management or employee buyout. Initial Public Offering (IPO). Buying and Selling a Business acquisition exit strategy family business Family Succession IPO merger' See Also What Startups Need to Know About Exit Strategies. Liquidation.

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BeyondVC

MARCH 21, 2017

In order to support continued ARR growth upstream, some of the best companies successfully use professional services as a weapon and make implementation, support and training part of the sale. The post Thoughts from Mulesoft and AppDynamics IPO Filings appeared first on BeyondVC. Same goes for why on-prem. also published on Medium.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 8, 2019

A reverse merger is the acquisition of an already public company (usually a dormant shell) to avoid the Initial Public Offering (IPO) process and cost, to quickly get your startup on a public exchange for fund raising through visibility and selling stock. Reverse mergers may not get your startup on the Nasdaq.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

I find it amusing when a journalist writes an article about a prominent startup (either privately held or preparing for an IPO) and decries that, “They’re not even profitable!” The most obvious way to explain this is with sales people. “COGS” represents the amount that each sale costs you.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 24, 2017

There was a 33% year-over-year growth in camera unit sales from the recent Thanksgiving to the Cyber Monday period, indicating that consumer demand for GoPro units continues to be strong. If the Hero 5 sales surpass expectations continuously, there could be a significant pop in the GoPro stock. and $24.48 on the same day.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 27, 2020

The question is whether to start this exhausting process early in the life of a corporation, or rush to complete it when a deal is identified or the run to a sale is imminent. [Email readers, continue here…] But maintaining such an electronic or physical facility is time-consuming and costly. The payoff.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

Early-stage investors in technology startups are only looking for growth-oriented companies that can achieve an “exit&# someday – either via selling your company to a larger company or via an IPO. They did an inside round, spent a bunch of money and then went through a fire sale of the business less than 2 years later.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

On top of all this it was considered very bad form not to have at least four additional consecutive quarters of profits after an IPO.) The IPO Bubble – August 1995 – March 2000 In August 1995 Netscape went public, and the world of start ups turned upside down. billion for a company with less than $50 million in sales.

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View from Seed

MARCH 24, 2021

Why Do Consumer IPOs and B2B IPOs Get Treated Differently? Mapping the Retail Apocalypse “The first thing that might be striking to some is what types of retailers actually have the most sales. ” (Melody Koh). Industry Trends. ” (Dave Beisel). Where does the money really go in retail? ” (Rob Go).

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Agile VC

MARCH 8, 2012

Tech IPOs Are Back – So Now What? Three of the five “blockbuster” tech IPOs I predicted have happened (LinkedIn, Groupon, Zynga) and the biggest of all (Facebook) has filed and will likely go public within the next 90 days. I see several dynamics at work in today’s IPO markets. March 8, 2012.

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View from Seed

MARCH 3, 2015

Ellie Mirman was the first marketer hired by the CMO of HubSpot, the Boston-based marketing software startup that IPOed in 2014. NextView Ventures: Thinking back to before anyone knew HubSpot or the company was headed towards an IPO, where did you even start to market the company? Did you feel that pressure to deliver immediately?

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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. And an amazing thing happened; sales just kept doubling year over year. You’ve IPOed two companies. Doing an IPO can be a great thing, but there are always consequences.

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Hunter Walker

MAY 13, 2023

Sometimes you’d even get lucky and receive stock in the acquirer, which was how I gained pre-IPO equity in high growth stars like Pinterest and Facebook. I was on both sides of these transactions – buying startups for Google/YouTube and angel investing in high quality technical founders.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

We set up our initial pricing calculator for the sales team to make sure that we wouldn’t easily sell a client if the gross margin on the deal was projected to be lower than 70%, which was inline with publicly traded SaaS companies. He also assisted greatly in sales. I initially played the role of CEO and VP of Sales.

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Pascal's View

MARCH 18, 2010

Susan Mangiero , CEO of Investment Governance’s Fiduciary X , asked me the following: Question: Do you think than anemic IPO market will remain a deterrent to VC investing? I believe that an entire generation of American innovation is at risk as a result of the lack of IPO’s. Yes I do.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 3, 2021

Equity investors realize that they won’t see any real return until an exit occurs, such as a sale, merger, or IPO. This may include plans to merge or buy competitors, as well as a continuing plan to introduce new innovations. Present a viable exit strategy for investors to cash out.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 10, 2018

You’ll find exceptions to this rule, like Snapchat, which was operating at a loss at its IPO, when it experienced high initial trading prices due to its huge popularity and untapped monetization capabilities. How could you position your company in the sales pitch to make the growth potential visible and appealing to prospective buyers?

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SiliconHills

JUNE 17, 2013

The Austin-based online coupon site, formerly Whale Shark Media, has applied to have its stock listed on the Nasdaq market under the ticket symbol “SALE.” The post RetailMeNot Files its IPO Worth An Estimated $230 million appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 8, 2022

If you take investor money, expect a push for hockey-stick growth and a liquidity event, like going public (IPO) or sale (M&A), to get the payback. Transition to a specialist role, plan to exit, be prepared to be pushed out, or plan to fail. The control and growth dilemma. Otherwise exit and startup with another idea.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2016

The number of new ventures that successfully navigate the path to a public offering (IPO) with big numbers is still small. The smartest ventures are always courting a multi-billion dollar sale or merger with giants in the industry, including Google (YouTube), Microsoft (Skype), and Facebook (WhatsApp).

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 13, 2018

A reverse merger is the acquisition of an already public company (usually a dormant shell) to avoid the Initial Public Offering (IPO) process and cost, to quickly get your startup on a public exchange for fund raising through visibility and selling stock. Reverse mergers may not get your startup on the Nasdaq.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 16, 2016

This happens when you either sell your company ( M&A ) or go public (an IPO.) As the company goes from searching for a business model to growth , only then will they bring in a new “professional” management team to scale the company (along with a business development executive to search for an acquirer) or prepare for an IPO.

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Growthink Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2017

Depending on the type of business, these may include sales of products/services, referral revenues, advertising sales, licensing/royalty fees, and/or data sales. The most common exits are IPOs or acquisitions. Financial Plan Goal of the financial plan: Explain how your business will generate returns for your investors.

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The Equity Kicker

JANUARY 21, 2016

One shows the newspaper industry growing steadily for fifty years and then declining for ten and the other shows the Japanese fixed lens digital camera market growing from nothing to 120m unit sales in ten years and then dropping by 80% in the seven years after that. PDAs and satnavs were usurped by mobile phones in about 15 years.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 6, 2019

What market are you targeting and how are you going to get sales? There is a complete process to go for an IPO. After an IPO, you can retire and get a new management to work for the company. After an IPO, you can retire and get a new management to work for the company. What is your business going to be? Acquisition.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 12, 2023

Management undertakes a simple exercise of calculating the increased profitability of shutting down all R&D, sales and subordinate operations, and universally notes with shock the high net profit that results – from shutting down all operations except customer service to recurring customers (as in software support operations.).

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