The recent Square IPO, which valued the company about 40% below the preceding private financing value, supports the view that valuations of later-stage private start-ups are excessive and likely to ...
Yelp debuted “surprise losses” on its earnings yesterday, causing its stock to plummet 28 percent by the next day. Its projected revenue for 2015 was lower than expected, in part because its employees ...
Last week Benchmark's Bill Gurley posted a forceful and articulate deep dive on the choices entrepreneurial CEOs, employees, venture capitalists, and LPs* invested in“Unicorns” (high-valued venture ...
Unicorn valuations could be just as endangered as the mythical creatures they represent. But while that would be a disaster for most founders of these companies, it many cases it’ll be a non-event for ...
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(Bloomberg Opinion) -- Remember Martin Shkreli? Sure you do! He’s in prison now, but back in 2015, not long after becoming the chief executive officer of Turing Pharmaceuticals, the 32-year-old ...
So you got a job at Pinterest as a product manager. Yea! You’ve got a generous salary, free lunch, a dog bed under your desk for Scout, and a plethora of stock options that will be worth, well, a lot.
If you've ever wondered how Lush has managed to create some of the most magical all-natural bath products of all time, look no further than their YouTube channel, which gives fans a behind-the-scenes ...
There's no sign that the world's obsession over unicorns is slowing down anytime soon, and truthfully, we're glad. The Winter can be downright depressing (thanks a lot, freezing temperatures and dark ...