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6 Reasons Smart Entrepreneurs Think Twice Before IPO

Startup Professionals Musings

In reality, this option is a nightmare that can bump you out of the driver seat, dilute your equity and create a business entity you can’t control. Extensive government reporting and compliance rules. Private companies are largely exempt from these reporting requirements. Doubling or more of overhead expenses.

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CapLinked Goes Mobile | Announces New Features For iPad To Put Virtual Data Rooms on Notice

Tech Zulu Event

CapLinked, Cloud-based enterprise platform for deal management and investor reporting, Wednesday announced a new suite of enterprise features in a move to take transactions mobile. The new features launched include business tools for reporting, file management, discussions and first-of-its-kind functionality for managing deals on an iPad.

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Non-millennial Bootstrapping – These 50-Something Entrepreneurs Rejected VC $ And Nailed It

InfoChachkie

Greathouse: I know it’s difficult to estimate, but how much further along do you think you would be from a customer acquisition and revenue generating standpoint if you had taken in a few million in investment dollars? We focus very much on finding employees who are a cultural fit and we share equity when appropriate.

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How The IBM PC Made Me Appreciate Entrepreneurs

Startup Professionals Musings

The burn rate was extremely high, with no one working for equity or deferred compensation. In enterprises, performance objectives are usually tied to internal processes, rather than beating competitors, customer acquisition, and revenue growth. Required pivots and budged changes are painfully slow and over-analyzed.

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Top 57 Online Startups Meets Technology Meets Product Posts for November 2010

SoCal CTO

Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers - SoCal CTO , November 1, 2010 I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. The United States is now a debtor nation to China and that the bill is about to come due. It may be that all the doomsayers are right. But I don’t think so. Keep going.