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Cornerstone On Demand Updates S-1

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Santa Monica-based Cornerstone On Demand , which recently filed for an IPO on the NASDAQ Global Market as CSOD, has updated its IPO filings documents with the SEC. due to the change in the fair value of its preferred stock warrant liabilities.

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8 Key Disciplines Are Essential To Scale Any Business

Startup Professionals Musings

With the real data from that surge, you need to take a hard look at business model realities, cost of customer acquisition, inventory costs, and other key metrics. Document processes and metrics for economies of scale. With that first wave of customers comes a whole set of additional demands on your time and energy.

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10 Real World Hazards With Taking Your Startup Public

Startup Professionals Musings

Last year was quite a year for IPOs, largely influenced by the significant rise in the number of special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) who went public, despite almost uniformly negative returns. Smart entrepreneurs are now starting to look at this option again, as well as the challenges of running a public company.

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As Groupon Files For IPO, What SoCal Firms Might Be Next?

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Southern California has had its own share of IPOs over the last year, including Demand Media, Active Network, and Boingo Wireless. LegalZoom [ profile ] Business: Online legal documents. However, a number of Southern California firms have been rumored to be seeking IPOs, who have not yet filed. Those firms are: 1. eHarmony [ profile ].

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Investors, MVPs and Evidence of Traction

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Investors demand more than that. " In Building Your MVP as a Non-Technical Startup Founder , I mentioned that before you build your Minimum Viable Product (MVP), you need to be really clear on your purpose. The quality of the team, and overall financial health are equally important, as well as how your offering compares to competitors.

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7 Good Entrepreneurial Habits That Turn Bad

Startup Professionals Musings

When the business starts to scale, you need documented processes and people with the right skills and training who can do the right work without you. You can’t demand total loyalty from all, so you have to learn to accept criticism without being defensive. Trust your gut, and ignore naysayers. Happy to work and live on your own terms.

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Good Times Ahead for VC-backed Tech Companies?

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If you want to download the document I’ve made it available at my favorite document sharing site DocStoc). He thinks demand for IPOs (from buyers) remains high while supply is low because Sarbanes Oxley amongst other things has made less CEOs want to go public. 2009 has been the worst year for M&A in a decade.