View from Seed

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Everybody has known that for awhile, even without perusing a prospectus. Airbnb’s bookings have rebounded to roughly 70-80% of what they were in 2019 pre-COVID whereas global hotel companies like Marriott and Hilton are operating at roughly 35-40% of where they were in fall 2019.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

According to a recent Ernst & Young global report , the first half of 2017 was the most active first half by global number of IPOs since 2007. Smart entrepreneurs are just now starting to look at this option again, due to its unpredictability and the challenges of running a public company.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2019

According to a recent Ernst & Young global report , the first half 2019 global IPO activity slowdown continued, following an unusually quiet Q1 2019 as ongoing geopolitical tensions and trade issues dampened IPO sentiment. Startups going public are laid open to competitors and critics.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

According to a recent Ernst & Young global report , 2014 was a strong year with IPOs actually outperforming other indices by 10 percent. Yet they see warning lights flashing, based on a still fragile global economy, and volatile markets ahead. Startups going public are laid open to competitors and critics.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

The greatest liability for D&Os during an IPO comes from the prospectus document that discloses the company’s risks and financials to the public. Traditional D&O coverage will include prospectus liability although a stand-alone prospectus liability policy can be purchased as well.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Neil Helm is Chief Executive Officer at OzForex , a global provider of online international payment services. Prepare a detailed prospectus. The prospectus will lay out the story and details of your business and help generate interest in it before listing, so it’s important that you get this right.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2025

Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon says that AI can draft 95% of an S1 IPO prospectus in minutes (vs. Google also introduced Titans , a research paper detailing a novel approach that could replace the transformer model used by LLMs today. Are we about to see layoffs in banking? a team of 6 and weeks of work before).

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