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10 Realities Today Cause Startups To Bypass An IPO

Startup Professionals Musings

In the old days, every entrepreneur dreamed of easily taking their startup public, and making it big. Today the rate of startups going public (IPO – Initial Public Offering) is up from the dead zone, but is still half the rate back before 2000. Startups going public are laid open to competitors and critics.

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5 Factors That Set Your Best Startup Funding Strategy

Startup Professionals Musings

To refresh your memory, angel investors are typically high net worth individuals, accredited by the SEC and willing to invest their own money in a high-potential startup for a share of the ownership. Most startups need more money than they anticipated, to grow and expand their business, after development and rollout.

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GrubMarket raises $60M as food delivery stays center stage

TechCrunch LA

Today, one of the companies that is supplying produce and other items both to consumers and other services that are in turn selling food and groceries to them, is announcing a new round of funding as it gears up to take its next step, an IPO. Source tell us it is now between $400 million and $500 million.

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Interview with Greg Martin, LiquidStock

socalTECH

Our interview today is with Greg Martin , co-founder of LiquidStock (www.liquidstock.com), an investment fund which offers up a way for employees of private companies to exercise their stock options before an IPO or acquisition. Tell us what you're up to now? We closed in January of 2019.

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A VC’s Take: Global Volatility Hurts U.S. Venture Ecosystem

Xconomy

As Xconomy’s editors looked back at the year just passed, we asked technology leaders to comment on the trends they’d observed in 2018, and the developments they expected in 2019. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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5 Unique Elements Make A Winning Selling Proposition

Startup Professionals Musings

If you are looking for funding and customers for your new business, you need to identify your “unique selling proposition” (USP) right up front, in 30 seconds or less, to differentiate yourself in today’s information overload. Another investment barrier is good social solutions which appeal only to people with little money.

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Sundae snags $36M to build out its distressed property marketplace

TechCrunch LA

Opendoor has opened the door, so to speak, for startups to apply their technical expertise in search, marketplaces and audience segmentation to rethink the very antiquated and analogue world of property. All are previous investors from the startup’s last round, a $16.55 million Series A also led by QED.

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