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Did Box Just Cancel Its IPO? Or Did We Just See How Bad Anonymity Can Be?

March 4, 2014

Business

box, dropbox, Facebook, Initial public offering, ipo, Silicon Valley, twitter, US Securities and Exchange Commission

Anonymous application Secret is an awesome tool. It allows people who would never be able to put their name to a statement to tell others something they know. It enables whistle blowers to tell the world of injustices that…

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This time around: More sensible IPOs

August 12, 2008

Business, IT, Strategy

ipo, rackspace

As well all know, the dot-com burst was all about crazy valuations and IPOs of web businesses with no business models behind them. Ma and Pa investors got burnt and a decade on the viability of IPOs in general…

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IPO – Why would you?

July 2, 2008

Business, Governance, IT, New business, Strategy

ipo

Over on RWW, Bernard posted about the recent VC round for LinkedIn that gave it a $1bill valuation and some serious cash to play with. In his post, Bernard commented on the dearth of IPOs happening currently and asked…

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Gut feel investing 101…

July 1, 2008

Business, Efficiency, New business, Society, Strategy

burger fuel, diligent board services, ipo, listing, Xero

Last year three IPOs happened in a short space of time in New Zealand. They were all small(ish) businesses but from varied sectors. In short space Xero, Burger Fuel and Diligent Board Services listed. Despite the pre listing analysis…

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