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> We have not yet seen a single “incubated” startup go public yet. Yelp was technically incubated by Max Levchin's incubator (although I'm blanking on what the
by newhouseb 13y ago
> We have not yet seen a single “incubated” startup go public yet.
Yelp was technically incubated by Max Levchin's incubator (although I'm blanking on what they called it).
- Aaronontheweb 13y agoWell if you don't count Overture from IdeaLab in Pasadena, but that was .com era 1
- uniclaude 13y agoMoreover, considering the average time it takes to IPO, it might be way too early to make this type of statement. 500 startups, YC, and Techstars started less than 10 years ago.
- 001sky 13y agoThere is so much private liquidity that "IPO" is nearly irrelevant to the conversation, tho. Public liquidity pools were considered the touchstone before the advent of hedgefunds. Alot has changed since 1999 in this regards.