Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 5, 2010

The problem was that he was still working out the lock-up period in his big company. If this idea was so big then why would they risk not being first to market, not building defensible IP for the sake of a few hundred thousand dollars extra in lock-up money at a big company? I finally called bullshit.

Entrepreneur 293

Entrepreneur CTO Hire South America Salary 293

Haystack

DECEMBER 30, 2018

That’s still OK given the IPO is more of a financing event than anything else, right? If things hold up through lock-up periods, waves of cash will wash up in northern California. Many of the companies who are waiting for 2019-20 are likely wanting to file papers (or already have) and list.

Lock-up Period 103

Lock-up Period IPO New York Warrant 103

Haystack

OCTOBER 13, 2019

Yet, looking back, not much changed — there’s more money than every in the early-stage ecosystem, bigger financing rounds, large private pre-IPO growth rounds, and much more. .” Then at the end of 2017, the same worry about 2018; rinse and repeat last year, looking toward 2019.

Lock-up Period 87

Lock-up Period IPO Portfolio Early Stage 87