Matthew Pittinsky co-founded Blackboard, Inc in 1997 with a mission to transform the Internet into a powerful environment for teaching and learning. Today, Backboard is considered by most industry analysts to be the leading provider of e-Education systems around the world.
Matthew Pittinsky received his undergraduate degree from American University and a Masters in Education from Harvard University. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate at Columbia University Teacher's College studying the sociology of online learning.
One of the things - without going into too sort of specific an answer, but this does come up in the IPO process for venture back companies that we had to take into account, is something - what is it called? The qualified IPO provision of our private equity. So when the private investors invested, ...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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Matthew Pittinsky Provides Introduction to Dan Cane, Steve Gilfus and Lecture on Company, Blackboard
Matthew Pittinsky Discusses Decision To Go Public and Fact That Blackboard Straddles Education and Technology Markets
Matthew Pittinsky Discusses Qualified Provision of IPO and Influence of Pricing on IPO
Matthew Pittinsky Discusses Whether or Not He Would Work With a Bank Whose Analysts Had Negative Comments About the Stock
Matthew Pittinsky States Decision To Go Public Was More For Status and Ability to Sell Than About the Cash
Matthew Pittinsky Discusses Biggest Challenge of Starting a Business Is Finding Capital
Matthew Pittinsky Discusses Difference in First Draft Of Prospectus Which Was Prior to Sarbanes-Oxley
