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. Today 70 percent of successful startups are still acquired by bigger companies, as the safer and preferred method of growth and funding. Public companies are always at risk for takeovers.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

The VC industry grew dramatically as a result of the Internet bubble - Before the Internet bubble the people who invested in VC funds (called LPs or Limited Partners) put about $50 billion into the industry and by 2001 this had grown precipitously to around $250 billion. So the people who invest in VC funds have two problems.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

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. Public companies of any size must comply immediately with the full reporting requirements of the SEC.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2012

I expect that should seem intuitive to all entrepreneurs, but every investor I know has many stories about startup funding requests with major business model elements missing. Test your projections against actual published reports from similar companies. Competition. Investors look for a sustainable competitive advantage.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2011

I expect that should seem intuitive to all entrepreneurs, but every investor I know has many stories about startup funding requests with major business model elements missing. Test your projections against actual published reports from similar companies. Competition. Investors look for a sustainable competitive advantage.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 26, 2016

Critics say Mylan has been emboldened by the recall of EpiPen’s only competition last fall. The program, “Boardroom Ready,” is funded in part by LifeSci Advisors , the investor relations firm that sparked a furor by hiring female models to mingle at its J.P. Alex Lash contributed to this report. Morgan party.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 7, 2009

If you're at the point that you are tracking your fitness and calories, self reporting and self tracking that every day, that's fantastic. The other founding investors are Ron Conway, who you know, and Polar Capital Group, Tim Armstrong fund. Nick Desai: That's a great question. That doesn't work for regular people.

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SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

My fund was an early investor in Overture. Because its just not that hyper-competitive, Im-hiring-all-your-staff, because-Im-Google environment. Report Content February 27, 2010 at 11:05am by Antone Johnson Great interview. The company that innovated that model was called Overture. is equally convenient as in Silicon Valley.

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