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		capkutay on Sept 25, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What to do if a bubble is starting I'm not too familiar with the landscape but I'm seeing some IPOs valued at $3-4b from companies that are generating about $100m in revenues. 5 years ago those same companies would be a <$1b acquisition.

weeksie on Sept 25, 2013 [–]

There were around 300 tech IPOs in 1999. There were 136 total IPOs in 2012.

It's a completely different field right now. If it was 1999 almost all of the series A companies we see right now would have already IPO'd.

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