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10 Real World Hazards With Taking Your Startup Public

Startup Professionals Musings

The reasons are a lot more complex than the meltdown of key investment banks in the US a few years ago, so don’t expect any real change in the numbers soon, especially with recent stock market downturns. Thus, there is tremendous pressure to increase current earnings, and little appetite for strategic investments.

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10 Realities Today Cause Startups To Bypass An IPO

Startup Professionals Musings

The reasons are a lot more complex than the meltdown of key investment banks in the US a few years ago, so don’t expect a big change in the numbers soon, even with recent stock market rallies. Thus, there is tremendous pressure to increase current earnings, and little appetite for strategic investments.

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Don’t Cede Control: Why You Need to Cut out Middle Men in Negotiations

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We had the final terms of our agreement fairly well boxed in within a range of about 5-7% on price and within 30 days on move-in date. I obviously preferred the lowest price and I wanted the latest move-in date. She told me, “start with the price you want but the move in date he wants.&#. I told my agent. She way annoyed.

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10 Negatives That Still Make Going Public A High Risk

Startup Professionals Musings

The reasons are a lot more complex than the meltdown of key investment banks in the US a few years ago, so don’t expect a big change in the numbers soon, even with recent stock market rallies. Thus, there is tremendous pressure to increase current earnings, and little appetite for strategic investments.

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Taking Your Startup Public Is Fraught With Negatives

Startup Professionals Musings

The reasons are a lot more complex than the meltdown of key investment banks in the US a few years ago, so don’t expect a big change in the numbers soon, even with recent stock market rallies. Thus, there is tremendous pressure to increase current earnings, and little appetite for strategic investments.

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Interview with David Aronchick, Hark

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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. So we bootstrapped, and once we started and got our pilot out and got some momentum, Redpoint was generous enough to invest with great terms, splitting between their Silicon Valley and LA offices.

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10 Reasons Why IPO Is No Longer A Good Startup Exit

Startup Professionals Musings

The reasons here are a lot more complex than the meltdown of key investment banks in the US a few years ago, so don’t expect a big recovery anytime soon. 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.

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