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10 Real World Hazards With Taking Your Startup Public

Startup Professionals Musings

Because public shareholders usually take the short-term view, they want to see constant rises in the stock's price so they can sell their shares for a profit. There is no accommodation for smaller public companies, who can’t be competitive in their space with the new accounting, documenting, and reporting processes required.

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10 Realities Today Cause Startups To Bypass An IPO

Startup Professionals Musings

Because public shareholders usually take the short-term view, they want to see constant rises in the stock's price so they can sell their shares for a profit. There is no accommodation for smaller public companies, who can’t be competitive in their space with the new accounting, documenting, and reporting processes required.

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Interview with David Aronchick, Hark

socalTECH

We thought we'd create a platform that was as powerful and rich as Youtube is for video, or Flickr is for pictures, or Docstoc is for documents. Sure, that's a decent way to approach it, but the result is, studios then want a huge minimum guarantee, which really prices startups out of the market. We've really tried to change the model.

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10 Negatives That Still Make Going Public A High Risk

Startup Professionals Musings

Because public shareholders usually take the short-term view, they want to see constant rises in the stock's price so they can sell their shares for a profit. There is no accommodation for smaller public companies, who can’t be competitive in their space with the new accounting, documenting, and reporting processes required.

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Taking Your Startup Public Is Fraught With Negatives

Startup Professionals Musings

Because public shareholders usually take the short-term view, they want to see constant rises in the stock''s price so they can sell their shares for a profit. There is no accommodation for smaller public companies, who can’t be competitive in their space with the new accounting, documenting, and reporting processes required.

Startup 98
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10 Reasons Why IPO Is No Longer A Good Startup Exit

Startup Professionals Musings

Because public shareholders usually take the short-term view, they want to see constant rises in the stock''s price so they can sell their shares for a profit. There is no accommodation for smaller public companies, who can’t be competitive in their space with the new accounting, documenting, and reporting processes required.

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Small Ideas, Big Benefits

InfoChachkie

With the first test looming, the entrepreneurial student borrowed notes from three rather scholarly students, consolidated them into a single document and sold copies to other students for $5 each. This enterprise netted the entrepreneurial student a nice fistful of bills before each test. Last I checked, this was a business school.”

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