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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

In the second quarter 2023, only 12 venture-capital-backed startups in the US became “unicorns”: meaning they received funding that valued them at over $1 billion. In Q1, 9 startups became unicorns in ...

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