William Quigley, Venture Capitalist, Clearstone
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Facebook the Media Company
I know that Facebook will be touted as one of the biggest IPO’s of all time, and certainly the biggest tech company IPO in history. It will likely be classified as a part of the ...
The Most Depressing Part of a New Year is Reading About all the New Laws…..
There were 40,000 new laws imposed on Americans by the states and the federal government as of 2012. Californians got 760 of these new rules to live by. When I hear people say “we need ...
Do the capital markets really exist to finance our start-ups and expansion stage companies?
I read the following quote from John Bogle, founder of Vanguard Funds, the largest mutual fund in America with $1.6 trillion under management. Bogle invested index funds, the idea of investing in a basket of ...
Zynga has $2B of cash available, not $1 billion
I don’t think a lot of people who comment on Zynga read the SEC filings very closely. Yes, with a stock trading below the IPO price, it will be a non starter to do a ...
Stock Options Aren’t What They Used to Be
The news coming out of Zynga about the demand for stock back from employees might seem a bit shocking, especially coming from a startup that used stock options in the first place to help entice ...
The “Logan’s Run” of Startup Life
There’s no debate that old, experienced people (40 and up) are infinitely better at building and running businesses. Well, unless you believe that experience makes you worse; then of course young and new is better. ...
Idealab, the Roots of the SoCal Tech Community, and the Bill Gross Legacy
I thought I would take an opportunity on this blog to move away from some of the current investment and startup trends, reflect, and dive into the tech history books (as well as my own ...
@quigleyreport
Lots of grumbling about no Facebook IPO pop. But remember, most institutional demand was satisfied with the massive $16B stock being sold
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