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. So Where Does Airbnb They Go From Here?

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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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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. The finance team is currently allocating budget to Marketing to spam half of the US with unasked for glossy brochures of the Acadia, in addition to putting millions of them in dealerships.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 13, 2019

With the financial crisis meltdown, it was clear that “winter is coming” for startups. So, is if it’s business as usual and the markets continue to go up is there even a reason to change anything? What would a recession look like for startups in 2020? Rip Good Times, Sep 2008. Has anything changed since 2008?

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Prospectus Startup Valuation IPO 140

David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

According to Lighter Capital ,“ the RBI market has grown rapidly, contrasting sharply with a decrease in the number of early-stage angel and VC fundings ”. However, many industry experts question the accuracy of early-stage market data, given many startups are no longer filing their Form Ds. Investor prospectus .

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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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Prospectus Startup .Net Deal Flow 130

Up and Running

JULY 16, 2015

Helmed by husband-and-wife team Stuart (Director of Sales and Marketing) and Emily (Managing Director, Board Chair, and Chief Ice Cream Inventor) Philips, during 2015 and 2016 Red Wagon is preparing for a big “regional-national” leap in production and distribution—in part by taking advantage of a new public investing program.

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