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Second-Class Investor Citizens: Facebook’s IPO and Dual-Class Equity Structures

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This is nothing new; long favored by family-controlled media empires such as Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation , among Internet firms alone, Google took a dual-class approach when going public in 2004. Options and warrants, when issued, are also typically exercisable for shares of Common Stock.

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“Customer First” Healthcare

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From 2004 to 2014, the average payments for coinsurance rose 107% from $117 to $242. Our venture capital firm, Benchmark, has made four investments consistent with the “customer-first” theme. Coninsurance plans require the patient to pay a percentage (usually 10-30%) of the healthcare costs up to the deductible limit.

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Restrictions on acquisitions would stifle the US startup ecosystem, not rein in big tech

TechCrunch

Jeff Farrah is the general counsel of the National Venture Capital Association. Entrepreneurs are optimists by nature, and so when the company journey begins, there is great hope of one day creating a standalone public company. since before the dawn of the modern venture capital industry.” Jeff Farrah. Contributor.