Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

In the old days, every entrepreneur dreamed of someday taking their startup public, and making it a multi-national powerhouse. According to an Ernst & Young report , the number of startups that have gone public in the US over the past decade is down about 75% from the previous decade, to about 10% of startup exits.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 18, 2019

Across the world, various economic development organizations, government agencies, and non-profits are putting in admirable and well-intentioned efforts to develop startup ecosystems. Take the example of goTenna , a thriving communications hardware startup located in Downtown Brooklyn that employees almost 50 people.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

AUGUST 26, 2021

But before you can launch your business, you probably need a large amount of money to get started; you might need startup capital. So, how do you raise startup capital? The best way to raise startup capital is to find investors that can help you get your business started. Here are a few ideas. Find Investors.

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Gust

APRIL 11, 2014

Let’s get right down to business: Dilution of founders’ and other early shareholders’ equity in startups is frequently a subject of intense interest and debate. The simplest illustration is the first VC funding round of a new startup. Expert commentators including David S. What’s wrong with this picture?

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

However, many industry experts question the accuracy of early-stage market data, given many startups are no longer filing their Form Ds. Investor prospectus . Should Private Startups Be Issuing More Bonds? Startup investors should consider revenue share when equity is a bad fit. Also see Why I Invested in SparkToro.

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View from Seed

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

One of the most highly anticipated startup IPOs of recent years, we now get a peek inside Airbnb’s business. Everybody has known that for awhile, even without perusing a prospectus. Airbnb’s public S-1 dropped Monday afternoon.

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Up and Running

JULY 16, 2015

Like any business startup, the Philips faced challenges; plus, the trade-off of skipping shortcuts is having a harder road. People in Eugene loved it,” Red Wagon says in a funding prospectus (more on that in a bit). “In that were authorized by Congress in the 2012 Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act.

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Scott Edward Walker

DECEMBER 5, 2011

I’m using Twitter as a form of micro-blogging to share interesting blog posts, articles and podcasts relating to entrepreneurship and startups, M&A and legal issues. vp68LI Facebook To Bankers: Hands Off Our $10 Billion IPO – “Facebook has gone so far as to craft its own prospectus.” ” - @jasonfreedman bit.ly/vp68LI

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Gust

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Startups and founders need to come to terms with the stark reality that the rules of the game may be changed mid-play. SOPA would disproportionately alter the risk profile for new startups, which are thinly capitalized compared to the giants like Google and Facebook.

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Occam's Razor

JANUARY 24, 2011

Same thing with the link to Market Motive, my startup that offers quarterly courses and certification in web analytics, paid search, etc. Let that sink in. Stunning, right? On Caterpillar's website there are no obvious macro-conversions, just a whole lot of micro-conversions to track as goals.

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