http://www.xconomy.com/national/2008/07/01/whos-afraid-of-an-ipo-everybody-at-the-moment/ Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:54:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://www.xconomy.com/national/2008/07/01/whos-afraid-of-an-ipo-everybody-at-the-moment/comment-page-1/#comment-25771 Let the Clean Tech Bubble Begin! « Right Coast Tech Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:59:52 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=3151#comment-25771 [...] the activity. I’m still taken aback by how quickly things ground to a halt (graph from this XConomy Article): The part stopped abruptly in [...] [...] the activity. I’m still taken aback by how quickly things ground to a halt (graph from this XConomy Article): The part stopped abruptly in [...]

]]> http://www.xconomy.com/national/2008/07/01/whos-afraid-of-an-ipo-everybody-at-the-moment/comment-page-1/#comment-22792 The Cure for Founder Fatigue: M&A vs. IPO « First Thing Monday Mon, 07 Jul 2008 05:59:44 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=3151#comment-22792 [...] Xconomy, a local online publication, featured an interesting piece based on data from the National Venture Capital Association. Did you realize that there wasn’t a single tech IPO in Q2?  The last time that happened was 1978. Based on the NCVA data, the years 1991-1996, and 1999 market the golden age of IPOs. More companies went public than were acquired. This changed in 2000. Now it’s far more likely that your exit strategy will be via acquisition. Take a look for yourself. [...] [...] Xconomy, a local online publication, featured an interesting piece based on data from the National Venture Capital Association. Did you realize that there wasn’t a single tech IPO in Q2?  The last time that happened was 1978. Based on the NCVA data, the years 1991-1996, and 1999 market the golden age of IPOs. More companies went public than were acquired. This changed in 2000. Now it’s far more likely that your exit strategy will be via acquisition. Take a look for yourself. [...]

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