By Larry Chiang
Trash cans around Palo Alto got me thinking about tech founders. The opening for IPO is much, much smaller.

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Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang) |
Entrepreneurship breakdown. pic.twitter.com/hYME40sIod
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The trash can is wiling to take on more stock listings, but this pizza box will just dam up.
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Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang) |
They made the hole (target) smaller. #entrepreneurship pic.twitter.com/pJdTEHjV0A
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Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang) |
Very common: a lot of companies are in holding pattern waiting to IPO #bottleneck pic.twitter.com/QBQfWrysp9
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Trash is overflowing

Tim the Beaver builds dams too. [photo credit Professor Bob Metcalfe’s selfie]