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Ben Horowitz: “The IPO From Hell” and Other REAL Lessons from the Startup Crucible

Pattern Breakers

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The Stock Collapsed, Right?

In two thousand and one, there were only two ip os after the most i pos in history. The day before we were supposed to go on the road, our largest customer, atriax, told me that they're bankrupt. You had a lot of decisions that were like, lose one arm to day or both arms to morrow? Tirie nos, you literally, like sell your leg off so you can survive.

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