Up and Running

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Reasons an outside company might seek to acquire or merge with another company range from allowing them to break into a new market, to giving them a competitive edge, and removing you as a competitor from the current market. A couple of well-known examples of restaurants on the stock exchange include Buffalo Wild Wings and BJ’s.

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Exit Strategy Lock-up Period Merger IPO 117

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 5, 2010

Being tenacious without the mental flexibility to pivot based on market feedback is a disaster. The problem was that he was still working out the lock-up period in his big company. Through comment conversations with many of you I tried to emphasize that it isn’t enough to just have one attribute.

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Entrepreneur CTO Hire South America Salary 293

Kodorra

JANUARY 4, 2019

When it comes to fundraising the blockchain way, you might get lost with ever-changing technology advancement coupled with roller-coaster market sentiment rides. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) requires a lock-up period in their Regulation S where investors are unable to cash out their investment for up to one year.

Securities and Exchange Commission 40

Securities and Exchange Commission Technical Review Lock-up Period Accredited Investor 40

View from Seed

MAY 16, 2019

One of the key questions for me was how might Slack stack up against other great SaaS companies when it comes to average revenue per user (ARPU), and how ARPU and total addressable market (TAM) might drive Slack’s long run market cap. Market Cap. might have a market cap of $150B+. ARPUs/year. Salesforce = $2,200+.

Lock-up Period 168

Lock-up Period Retention Azure .Net 168

Haystack

DECEMBER 30, 2018

Well, actually, quite a few tech companies IPO’d in 2018, though many of those are a bit underwater now given December’s public market volatility. If things hold up through lock-up periods, waves of cash will wash up in northern California. December public market volatility was pretty messy.

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Lock-up Period IPO New York Warrant 103

Agile VC

MAY 16, 2019

One of the key questions for me was how might Slack stack up against other great SaaS companies when it comes to average revenue per user (ARPU), and how ARPU and total addressable market (TAM) might drive Slack’s long run market cap. Market Cap. might have a market cap of $150B+. ARPUs/year.

Lock-up Period 100

Lock-up Period Retention Azure .Net 100

VC Cafe

JANUARY 14, 2022

Both employees and investors typically have a 6 month lock up period (exceptions apply of course) so this can have devastating effects on liquidity and retruns. Given that some of these new stocks have low trading volume, in practice the lock up period can be longer. This is primarily the case for the US.

Technical Review 158

Technical Review Lock-up Period South Korea 158