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Business Accounting

Why Tech Valuations Can’t Be Too High or Too Low

The eye-popping price tags of companies such as Fab, Pinterest and Snapchat have raised concerns that valuations have gotten out of whack. The reality is there's no such thing as being overvalued or undervalued.

By Ray Hennessey

Online Presence

5 Things Twitter Needs to Answer on Its IPO Roadshow

By Peter S. Cohan

Building a Business

Will Investors Ever Learn to Avoid Money-Losing Companies?

By Peter S. Cohan

Online Presence

What Twitter’s Board Really Needs

By Ray Hennessey

Building a Business

Twitter’s IPO Will Make All These People Millionaires and Billionaires

With the IPO set, Twitter's venture capital investors, longtime employees and other stockholders are about to become very wealthy.

By Jim Edwards

Buying a Franchise

Potbelly Shares Surge 120% in Market Debut

Potbelly more than doubled during its first day of trading, securing a spot as one of the top IPO debuts of 2013.

By Kate Taylor

Business News

Twitter Makes IPO Filing Public

Twitter made its S-1 filing available to the public on Thursday, lifting the veil on its initial public offering plans.

By Cadie Thompson

Buying a Franchise

Sandwich Chain Potbelly Files for $82.5 Million IPO

Potbelly has seen rapid growth, and franchises should become a bigger part of the mix after the IPO.

By Kate Taylor

Building a Business

Experts Say Twitter Didn’t Botch Its IPO Announcement

The social network announced its confidential filing for an initial public offering via a tweet. It's showing signs it learned from Facebook's IPO.

By Matt Wilson

Buying a Franchise

Hilton Going Public: Good or Bad for Franchisees?

While going public is certainly a big change for the company, its global franchisees will likely not have to worry.

By Kate Taylor

Business News

Twitter Files for IPO

Twitter has filed to go public, though potential investors will have to wait a bit to get a sense of its financials.

By Ray Hennessey

Building a Business

A Young VC on How Young Entrepreneurs Can Land Cash for Their Young Companies

Early-stage venture capital investor Mo Koyfman of Spark Capital talks dollar bills and IPOs, among other weighty topics.

By Lyneka Little

Business Accounting

If Twitter Goes Public, Would You Invest?

Amid signs that the social network is readying for an IPO, we ask our readers how likely they are to put their money in.

By Jenna Goudreau

Business News

Twitter Posts Job Listing for Someone to Help With Its IPO

Twitter is going public (at some point), and it's looking for help.

By Jay Yarow

Online Presence

Facebook Hits and Misses Since Its IPO

A year after its initial public offering, we look back at the social media giant's highs and lows as a public company.

By Kim Lachance Shandrow

Business Accounting

Nervous Optimism About Capital Markets for Small Businesses in 2013

JOBS Act could give rise to additional IPOs in the New Year.

By Cheryl Winokur Munk

Online Presence

What the IPO Market Revival Means for Start-Up Funding

Why a good showing among two recent public offerings could bode well for fast pace startups.

By Peter S. Cohan

Online Presence

What Facebook’s IPO Debacle Means for Startup Funding

The disastrous Facebook initial public offering isn't likely to damp venture-capital interest in tech startups.

By Peter S. Cohan

Building a Business

What Makes Facebook Worth So Much

After Facebook's IPO, the social network is being valued at about $100 billion. Here's how you can try to emulate that success.

By John Patrick Pullen

Business Accounting

Pinterest and Warby Parker — The Next Pre-IPO Stars?

SecondMarket, an online marketplace for shares of private companies, ranks those with biggest jumps in popularity on its site.

By Catherine Clifford

Online Presence

5 Critical Questions Facebook Must Answer in Its IPO Roadshow

If founder Mark Zuckerberg wants to win over investors, he'll need to have clear explanations for these looming issues.

By Peter S. Cohan

Business News

Why Instagram Won’t Be the Last Startup Facebook Buys Before Its IPO

The big social network is on the hunt for small companies that can strengthen its hold on the social media market.

By Jason Fell

Online Presence

What the SEC Crackdown on Secondary Markets Means for Startups

Secondary markets like SharesPost and SecondMarket present exciting new ways to increase a private company's liquidity -- but there are also dangers.

By Peter S. Cohan

Business Accounting

Top ‘Treps Urge Senate to Pass IPO On-Ramp Bill

The National Venture Capital Association and 700 high-profile entrepreneurs sent a letter to Congressional leaders supporting legislation to help startups go public.

By Catherine Clifford

Online Presence

Zuckerberg’s $1 Salary and More: Parsing the Facebook IPO Filing

Facebook's IPO filing reveals a great deal about the company. Here's a brief overview.

By Mikal E. Belicove

Building a Business

What Facebook’s IPO Means for VCs and Entrepreneurs

The social networking giant's showing on the public market may land with a thud.

By Peter S. Cohan

Building a Business

Startup America Gets a Do-Over

The President issued a new call on Congress to pass an ambitious legislative agenda to help small businesses, but some wonder whether it's just hot air.

By Diana Ransom