Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

How Do I Feel About the Snap IPO Given I Didn’t Invest? If you really want to know how I feel about Snapchat then you need to check out www.snapstorms.com where I post short advice videos that I previously recorded on Snapchat. I love this product & the community I’ve formed there.

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View from Seed

APRIL 30, 2019

2019 is off to an exciting start for IPOs of VC-backed startups. In some respects though Zoom has had the most “successful” IPO of the three companies, which has surprised some folks. In the last decade or so, high profile consumer IPOs have often gotten lofty valuations.

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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. Uber is an $85B+ market cap company today but is essentially flat to its IPO price and late private round valuations. Airbnb’s public S-1 dropped Monday afternoon.

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Gust

MAY 24, 2012

Dual-class voting structures are receiving a lot of attention these days along with intense publicity related to the Facebook IPO , following in the wake of other recent tech IPOs with a similar structure such as Zynga and LinkedIn.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 20, 2023

In this article, we delve into the world of tech-ish companies and explore the seismic impact of initial public offerings (IPOs) on their growth and profitability. In a landscape where IPOs are few and far between, certain tech companies have managed to seize the moment and captivate the market with their stellar public offerings.

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abovethecrowd.com

AUGUST 23, 2020

But in light of where we are in 2020, especially with regard to the degrading efficiency and sky-rocketing cost of capital through the structurally broken IPO process, SPACs may emerge as a legitimate third option for helping Silicon Valley companies efficiently and cost-effectively transition into the public markets.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 1, 2021

Everyone loves an IPO. For tech startups , an IPO represents the ultimate validation of their vision — not to mention a prime opportunity to raise enough capital to turbocharge growth. Here’s How to Prepare for an IPO. As it turns out, we love IPOs so much that the pandemic did not affect the number of companies going public.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Today the rate of startups going public (IPO – Initial Public Offering) is up from the dead zone, but is still half the rate of 15 years ago. 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. Going public is an expensive process.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

IPO – public company initial public stock offering. This should be perceived as a win-win event, where your startup is bought or merged into a larger peer or competitor, allowing both you and investors to cash out.

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Agile VC

APRIL 30, 2019

2019 is off to an exciting start for IPOs of VC-backed startups. In some respects though Zoom has had the most “successful” IPO of the three companies, which has surprised some folks. In the last decade or so, high profile consumer IPOs have often gotten lofty valuations. Reading Time: 3 minutes.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 10, 2019

Startup Compensation Changes with Growth Capital – 12 Years to an IPO. The three examples Suster uses – Salesforce, Google and Amazon – show how much more valuable the companies were after their IPOs. Venture capital growth funds are now giving startups the cash they would have received at an IPO.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

As a reminder, the Dot Com bubble was a five-year period from August 1995 (the Netscape IPO ) when there was a massive wave of experiments on the then-new internet, in commerce, entertainment, nascent social media, and search. Massive liquidity awaited the first movers to the IPO’s, and that’s how they managed their portfolios.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2021

That means that many companies are now forgoing the rush to go public (IPO), in favor of major equity investments from specialized venture capital funds, such as Japan’s SoftBank. Look for investors and organizations who practice 10x or 100x thinking, rather than earnings-per-share (EPS) every quarter.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 25, 2020

IPO – public company initial public stock offering. This should be perceived as a win-win event, where your startup is bought or merged into a larger peer or competitor, allowing both you and investors to cash out.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 11, 2010

T aking a company through an initial public offering (IPO) is not an easy task. It’s also an uncertain exit for the entrepreneurs, as they are typically restricted to sell any of their stock in the first 180 days following the IPO, and even then they can sell no more than 1% of stock a month.

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David Cohen

MARCH 26, 2021

SendGrid IPO’d in late 2017 and was later acquired by Twilio. So Yancey now has the distinction of having IPO’d not one but two Techstars accelerator companies! The post Congrats to DigitalOcean on their IPO this week appeared first on Hi, I'm David G.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2017

— Unremarked and unheralded, the balance of power between startup CEOs and their investors has radically changed: IPOs/M&A without a profit (or at times revenue) have become the norm. In the 20th century tech companies and their investors made money through an Initial Public Offering (IPO).

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

As a result of the IPO window shifting we saw a massive inflow of public-market capital into the latest stages of venture. A rounds (first chart) have been largely flat in terms of deals and dollars as have B rounds (second chart).

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 14, 2022

There are two main forms of exits for startups: trade sale/M&A or IPO. SPACs had their moment in the sun in 2021, with a record number of companies choosing to go public using the SPACs in favour of traditional IPOs. Israeli tech companies using billboards in busy roads to attract tech talent. SPACs have backfired.

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Hunter Walker

DECEMBER 18, 2020

[I originally published this on Medium pre-IPO, so the tense is outdated, but I think the framework holds]. Every big tech IPO results in predictable Twitter chatter. The early trading performance and expectations set during the pricing and road show need to align with a post-IPO strategy. I was at Google for their IPO.

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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. IPOs in 2008, the market was up to a still trivial 128 in 2012 (compared to 675 in 1996). business entrepreneur exit founder IPO startup' Consider the recent example of Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg.

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Agile VC

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Twitter’s IPO has garnered a ton of attention in the tech and popular press. So their revenue figures, pre IPO financing and ownership, and other info is all widely available. Growth IPOs Are Back. Instagram hadn’t built a true business (e.g. Value of Media vs E-Commerce vs Premium Services.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Corporate transactions including mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and initial public offerings (IPO) bring necessary capital and resources to a growing company. Do IPOs also necessitate an additional policy? In 2014, IPO activity grew substantially until it reached its current rate – the highest in the last six years.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

Initial Public Offerings (IPO) are back as an exit strategy. That is a 65% increase in the number of IPOs over 2012, and the highest proceeds raised since the year 2000. business entrepreneur investment IPO social media startup' Thus a record number of entrepreneurs (and employees) are getting rich. It’s not too late to start.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Today the rate of startups going public (IPO – Initial Public Offering) is at an all-time low, and most entrepreneurs avoid this option like the plague, knowing the process is painful, and public company executives are seen as greedy sharks. entrepreneur Mark Zuckerberg startup investor IPO exit' Going public is an expensive process.

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

Every successful technology company raises money throughout its lifecycle, perhaps starting with a seed investment and progressing through Series A, B, C, late-stage investments, and, for the most successful companies, an IPO. Lost in this conversation are the dramatic differences between a high priced private round and an IPO.

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 28, 2022

The cloud IPO market has also been very active with 32 IPOs vs. 17 in 2020. It’s worth noting though that while the number of IPOs increased, the companies were smaller and raised less capital than those last year. 60% of the cloud IPOs had a market cap of $5B+ vs. only 28% this year. in Sept 2020. In 2020, c.

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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. IPOs in 2008, the market was up to a still trivial 159 in 2011. Consider the recent example of Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg. After a record low of 39 U.S.

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Ben's Blog

AUGUST 28, 2020

There’s a popular narrative that evil investment bankers are intentionally underpricing traditional IPOs to steal from companies, lining banker pockets and those of their fatcat Wall Street clients. The proof is seemingly obvious: IPOs are 50x oversubscribed!

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

As you move from startup to scaleup, and then to a corporate entity preparing for an IPO for your exit, you learn how to stay focused. Preparing for an IPO. They need to have everything in place before they start planning an IPO. Your significant investors will govern everything you make and do after the IPO.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 18, 2023

TON is designed to support a wide range of decentralized applications and services, and the platform’s native token, Toncoin, is loosely linked with the messaging app.Debt Financing Telegram raised over $1 billion in debt financing by selling 5-year pre-IPO convertible bonds more than two years ago.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 25, 2022

I was pleased to see this approach highlighted as well in a new book for startups, “ Zero to IPO ,” by Frederick Kerrest. Differences you find after the deal is consummated can be painful and expensive, just as in any marriage.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2022

Today the rate of startups going public (IPO – Initial Public Offering) is finally up from the dead zone of the last two decades, and is now double the rate back in 1999. Thus, today around 90 percent of successful startups are still acquired by bigger companies versus an IPO, as the safer and preferred method of growth and funding.

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Seeing Both Sides

JULY 22, 2012

Over a year and a half ago, I did a two-part blog post on the East Coast IPO malaise – one focused on Boston (Massachusetts more broadly), another focused on New York. On the heels of the successful Kayak IPO, I thought I would do a retrospective look back. Meanwhile, not a single New York technology IPO has taken place.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

IPO – public company initial public stock offering. entrepreneur exit IPO lifestyle m&a startup' This should be perceived as a win-win event, where your startup is bought or merged into a larger peer or competitor, allowing both you and investors to cash out. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

Today the rate of startups going public (IPO – Initial Public Offering) is up from the dead zone, but is still less than half the rate of 15 years ago. According to a recent Ernst & Young global report , 2014 was a strong year with IPOs actually outperforming other indices by 10 percent. Going public is an expensive process.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 3, 2015

For financial reasons alone, an IPO is a statistically rare phenomenon, happening just 275 times in 2014 , out of almost 500,000 startups. As an advisor and mentor to startups, I try to make sure entrepreneurs understand both the pros and cons of an IPO as an exit strategy.

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