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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. Violent market swings usually hit public companies first. The M&A alternative looks simple by comparison.

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Are Business Plans Still Necessary?

Both Sides of the Table

The last couple of years has also seen the huge initial success of Ycombinator, the Lean Startup and many other product driven approaches to going to market. Broadly speaking this last trend has been healthy as it has brought an increase focus on launching products that you can test with the market and on capital efficiency.

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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. Violent market swings usually hit public companies first. The M&A alternative looks simple by comparison.

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

Both Sides of the Table

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. Violent market swings usually hit public companies first. The M&A alternative looks simple by comparison.

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Taking Your Startup Public Is Fraught With Negatives

Startup Professionals Musings

Yet they see warning lights flashing, based on a still fragile global economy, and volatile markets ahead. 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.

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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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