Up and Running

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

For smaller companies that have already begun expanding—like restaurants that have franchised—an IPO may be a good way for the owner to recoup money spent, though it is worth noting that he or she may not be allowed to sell stock until the lock-up period has passed. In fact, this is exactly what happened at Palo Alto Software.

Exit Strategy 117

Exit Strategy Lock-up Period Merger IPO 117

View from Seed

MAY 16, 2019

But it does mean that traditional 180 day lock-up periods won’t generally apply to existing Slack shareholders. Also similar to Adobe, both Office 365 and Adobe’s Creative Cloud have pretty successfully transitioned from their legacy client software business models to SaaS. might have a market cap of $150B+.

Lock-up Period 168

Lock-up Period Retention Azure .Net 168

Agile VC

MAY 16, 2019

But it does mean that traditional 180 day lock-up periods won’t generally apply to existing Slack shareholders. Also similar to Adobe, both Office 365 and Adobe’s Creative Cloud have pretty successfully transitioned from their legacy client software business models to SaaS. might have a market cap of $150B+.

Lock-up Period 100

Lock-up Period Retention Azure .Net 100

Haystack

DECEMBER 28, 2019

These companies exemplify the compounding network effects, lock-in, and lopsided economics that accrue to technologies generally and software specifically. And if you are long on Instagram, WhatsApp, and Facebook itself, it’s not entirely impossible for Facebook to get there one day as well.

China 146

China Startup Lock-up Period Cap Table 146