Government, Initial Public Offering and Operations

Should An Entrepreneur Seek Out An Investment Bank?

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2020

So unless your business is well established, and ready to sell or go public (Initial Public Offering - IPO), you should steer clear of investment banks. Yet every business needs to have a good relationship with a bank, for day to day operations. Their message and mission is confusing, even to professionals.

Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley Private Equity Initial Public Offering Term Sheet

What type of entity should I form?

Startup Company Lawyer

MARCH 12, 2009

C corps, LLCs, and S corps differ significantly in the areas of taxation, ownership, fundraising, governance and structure, and employee compensation. If a C corp generates net operating losses rather than net income, these are carried forward to offset future corporate taxable income. Governance/Structure. C Corps.

LLC

LLC Stock Options Preferred Stock Stock

An IPO Exit Strategy Puts the Entrepreneur at Risk

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

Even though the Initial Public Offering (IPO) alternative for a successful startup seems to be coming back into vogue, it is relatively rare. With Sarbanes-Oxley, the CEO, CFO, and the Board of Directors are all assumed to have full knowledge of all government standards of compliance and reporting.

Exit Strategy

Exit Strategy IPO Investment Bankers Entrepreneur

Real Entrepreneurs Exit If Their Startup Goes Public

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2011

Even though the Initial Public Offering (IPO) alternative for a successful startup seems to be coming back into vogue, it is still extremely rare. With Sarbanes-Oxley, the CEO, CFO, and the Board of Directors are all assumed to have full knowledge of all government standards of compliance and reporting.

Exit Strategy

Exit Strategy IPO Entrepreneur Investment Bankers

When A Startup Chooses IPO Most Founders Are Out

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

Even though the Initial Public Offering (IPO) alternative for a successful startup seems to be coming back, it is relatively rare. With Sarbanes-Oxley, the CEO, CFO, and the Board of Directors are all assumed to have full knowledge of all government standards of compliance and reporting. Increasing government regulations.

IPO

IPO Founder Exit Strategy Investment Bankers

Startups Get No Help From an Investment Bank

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2011

So unless your business is well established, and ready to sell or go public (Initial Public Offering - IPO), you should steer clear of investment banks. Yet every business needs to have a good relationship with a bank, for day to day operations. Their message and mission is confusing, even to professionals.

Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley Private Equity Initial Public Offering Startup

Can An Investment Bank Enhance Your Startup Future?

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

So unless your business is well established, and ready to sell or go public (Initial Public Offering - IPO), you should steer clear of investment banks. Yet every business needs to have a good relationship with a bank, for day to day operations. Their message and mission is confusing, even to professionals.

IPO

IPO Silicon Valley Private Equity Initial Public Offering

9 Business Acronyms You Need To Know

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 14, 2012

But if the initial jargon has got you down, just KISS (keep it simple, stupid), and check out these nine business acronyms that you need to know. The Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, or GAAP, are the set of rules that govern financial accounting in businesses. A demonarchy is defined as a political system governed by a demon.

Non-disclosure Agreement

Non-disclosure Agreement NDA IPO Covenant

Startups Need To Be Skeptical Of Bank Funding Offers

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2023

So unless your business is well established, and ready to sell or go public (Initial Public Offering - IPO), you should steer clear of investment banks. Yet every business needs to have a good relationship with a bank, for day to day operations. Their message and mission is confusing, even to professionals.

Early Stage

Early Stage Silicon Valley Private Equity Initial Public Offering

6 Reasons Smart Entrepreneurs Think Twice Before IPO

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 3, 2015

The visibility of Google, Facebook and a few others continues to propagate the myth that the ultimate objective of every entrepreneur should be to take their startups public via an initial public offering at the earliest opportunity. Extensive government reporting and compliance rules.

IPO

IPO Initial Public Offering Entrepreneur Private Equity

Use Investment Banks for Exit, not Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2010

So unless your business is well established, and ready to sell or go public (Initial Public Offering - IPO), you should steer clear of investment banks. Yet every business needs to have a good relationship with a bank, for day to day operations. Their message and mission is confusing, even to professionals.

Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley Private Equity Startup Initial Public Offering

The pioneers of Silicon Valley’s fast culture on how to grow quickly, not recklessly

Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

And from a financial perspective, any investor would be better off buying stock in Amazon than buying and share of a corner bookshop; if you invested $100 in Amazon’s 1997 initial public offering (IPO), those shares would have been worth about $120,000 in 2018. The second is a lack of operational scalability.

Cofounder

Cofounder Business Model IPO Non-Compete

The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

based companies initially funded by venture capital between 2006 and 2011, 84% now are closely held and operating independently, 11% were acquired or made initial public offerings of stock and 4% went out of business, according to Dow Jones VentureSource. Languishing businesses were counted as survivors.

Venture Capital

Venture Capital Software Review Rhode Island North Dakota

In Silicon Valley, Founders Fight for Control

online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

About 14% of the technology firms that have held initial public offerings between January 2011 and the end of June 2012 went public with at least two share classes—more than twice the 6.4% In just a year of operations, Fab has signed up nearly 5 million members, sold 1.8 All Rights Reserved.

Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley Founder Software Review Technical Review

3 IPOs and the Lessons They Hold for Today’s Startups

ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

For most startups, it’s no secret that a significant part of their long-term plans is to go public and become the next market darling for investors. If you use history as a guide, I’m afraid you’ll find no real consensus on the matter of when to go public with your startup.

IPO

IPO Startup Stock Initial Public Offering

StartUpRoar

Should An Entrepreneur Seek Out An Investment Bank?

What type of entity should I form?

Trending Sources

An IPO Exit Strategy Puts the Entrepreneur at Risk

Real Entrepreneurs Exit If Their Startup Goes Public

When A Startup Chooses IPO Most Founders Are Out

Startups Get No Help From an Investment Bank

Can An Investment Bank Enhance Your Startup Future?

9 Business Acronyms You Need To Know

Startups Need To Be Skeptical Of Bank Funding Offers

6 Reasons Smart Entrepreneurs Think Twice Before IPO

Use Investment Banks for Exit, not Startup

The pioneers of Silicon Valley’s fast culture on how to grow quickly, not recklessly

The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

In Silicon Valley, Founders Fight for Control

3 IPOs and the Lessons They Hold for Today’s Startups

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