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How much is Facebook worth?
in Sox First, on May 30, 2009
...selback points out, Time Warner's decision to get rid of AOL is a reminder of how quickly these valuations in the online world can evaporate. As Doug deGrood from AdAge points out, the social n...
Maths and the meltdown
in Sox First, on January 14, 2009
...uot;The combination of no earnings history and a highly uncertain future allows investors to defend valuations ranging from much too low to much too high," they write.
Comparing the stock-market ...
younoodle - or what is your startup worth?
in TJ's Weblog, on December 18, 2008
...y gotten more difficult. Peer groups are hard to come by. Funding is difficult (and done with lower valuations) because VC investors have to cut back on capital commitments as well.
Ultimately a star...
The Lehman legacy
in Sox First, on October 7, 2008
...ued subpoenas to individuals that focus on what the firm told investors and other parties about its valuations for approximately $32.6 billion in commercial-real-estate holdings, according to a person...
China Approaches Policy Change
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on August 20, 2008
...rkets slid to the lowest since September 2006 on Tuesday, most Asian indexes turned higher as cheap valuations proved irresistible, especially with markets rife with chatter about fiscal stimulus in C...
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TOP 10 start up killers
in TJ's Weblog, on July 30, 2008
...to succeed. Mostly it does not however.
6) Too little cash, no funding - can become an issue as valuations and risk profile has changed again with most investors in 2008. Sometimes there is simply ...
Green investment - not for the faint-hearted
in Sox First, on May 13, 2008
...ch as technological breakthroughs or changes in government policy will have a much bigger impact on valuations." Part of the problem is the many competing solutions to climate change. One day it...
Social networks and your bootstrap business (Part 5)
in BootStrapMe, on March 31, 2008
...b industry and emarketing guy Leonel More insists in a comment on yet another post the valuations on the big social networks may be overrated and ready for a fall.
But ultimately, a whole sl...
Bargain Priced Golf Communities
in Eagle Par Birdie, on February 3, 2008
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It's a principle in the business world that out of confusion and uncertainty comes opportunity.
The recent economic upheaval in the United States due to the sub-prime mortgage fiasco and resulting tight credit conditions has pretty much popped the real estate bubble.
T...
How to Think Like Warren Buffett, Part 27
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on January 3, 2008
...a rate of 22.2% compounded annually.
Buffett explains the quandary of having too much money:
When valuations are similar, we strongly prefer owning businesses to owning stocks. During most of our ye...
SixApart to sell Livejournal
in TJ's Weblog, on December 3, 2007
...left with about 150 workers worldwide.
Russia social networking sites are not known to fetch high valuations so it might have been a smart move to take the cash and concentrate on the MT software ag...
DotComPreneur: Internet Entrepreneurs
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Turnkey Home Based Business Ideas: Home Related Services
in Home Based Business, on October 31, 2007
...art a turnkey business offering home inspection services . Home inspections are often required for valuations when people want to buy or sell houses. If you live in an area close to communities where...
Malone mulls Virgin Media bid
in The Digital TV Weblog, on August 4, 2007
... sense - that is, knowing when to buy or sell an asset because the business was about to change and valuations were either at a low or high point.
So it was with fascination that I read that Malone i...
How to Think Like Warren Buffett, Part 24
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on July 25, 2007
...w that overstaying the festivities-that is, continuing to speculate in companies that have gigantic valuations relative to the cash they are likely to generate in the future-will eventually bring on p...
Hedge Fund Toolbox
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on June 28, 2007
...edge fund meltdown. We want to help plan sponsors before trouble starts. Issues such as independent valuations and good risk controls are essential but that is just the tip of the iceberg."
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Indian IT Services firms - Good Valuation
in The CIO Weblog, on April 28, 2007
... The valuations of Indian software services firms are rich compared to its global peers, but such value is justified given their better growth rates and prospects, said citigroup global markets ...
Is a high valuation only a good thing for your business? And why are many first round valuations so ridiculously high?
in TJ's Weblog, on April 6, 2007
... a breakfast sponsored by the Silicon Valley Bank that I once attended put it very bluntly:
"Valuations do not say much about a potential success of a business."
That is opposite to comm...
The state of Venture Capital in Europe
in TJ's Weblog, on March 24, 2007
...o longer a no-go - after such exits like StudiVZ they might even be a welcome mix to the portfolio. Valuations still seem to be a little lower than in the US but the spread is more and more diminishi...
10 Bold Hedge Fund Forecasts for 2007
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on February 4, 2007
...in appealing, but you must be more selective. While overseas markets have increased political risk, valuations remain more reasonable"
Studies have shown that emerging markets have far out done...
Web 2.0 Bubble? A Debate
in Businesspundit, on December 28, 2006
... much money chasing Web 2.0 deals. Too much money means too many companies getting funded at higher valuations. 2) There are virtually no barriers to entry in Web 2.0 and therefore the ability to deve...
How to Think Like Warren Buffett, Part 13
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on November 13, 2006
...ized as the market appropriately "corrected" the prices of these companies, raising their valuations in relation to those of the average business. We will continue to benefit from good gains...
Microsoft CEO's Views on the Web Competition
in The Search Engine Weblog, on October 15, 2006
...f Web business and the latest breed competition. Ballmer admitted that he was enthralled by Web 2.0 valuations.
Ballmer also talked about Microsoft's digital music business and video games. When...
YouTube + Google = Evidence of a Web2.0 Bubble?
in Businesspundit, on October 11, 2006
...ause I don't believe that the deal price is a good indicator. I also don't pay attention to valuations that deal with things like eyeballs and clicks and all that stuff that may never end up b...
Is the VC model broken?
in TJ's Weblog, on October 9, 2006
...sting means that you don't need your average exits to be quite so enormous (since your starting valuations are lower). This opens up plenty of alternative exit avenues, including reverse mergers w...
SOX and the regulation myths
in Sox First, on October 9, 2006
...t down; companies still list in the US because international listing activity is still driven by US valuations; that any cost from higher fees in the US is offset by net savings in cost of capital; on...
Intel Capital Invests in China's Innovation
in China Venture News, on June 30, 2006
...ent in a
Chinese tech company in 2006?
Cadol Cheung: With the present level of interest in China, valuations are rising.
However, as a long-standing investor in China - Intel Capital has been in
C...
The description of the bubble
in TJ's Weblog, on May 26, 2006
...le and the Web 2.0 bubble right now.
"The late 1990s was a bubble on four major fronts: exit valuations, VC fundraising , VC funding and company creation (each one of which, I would argue...
The Raising Venture Capital for Biotechnology Companies Collection
in The Biotech Weblog, on May 21, 2006
...documents on venture-based transsactions. The collection covers:
Biotechnology Venture Capital Valuations
Raising Capital for Biotech Companies
Pitching to Venture Capitalists
Raising Capital...
Social Networking Site 900 Seconds Gets $6.5 Million Funding
in The Dating Weblog, on April 25, 2006
... News Corp. picked up Myspace (and accoutrement companies) a little VC feeding frenzy has ensued. Valuations are very rosy for niche dating sites and (viral) social network startups. The market will...
Party Poker's New CEO?
in Internet Poker, on March 20, 2006
...sation, mostly in the form of stock options, roughly equal to $15 million per year at current stock valuations. It's good to be the rake.
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Mergers of Old Media and New
in The Digital TV Weblog, on March 8, 2006
...at also runs movie information Web site RottenTomatoes.com and lifestyle site AskMen .com.
- Valuations in Internet content deals have ranged widely. The iVillage deal, pegged at 24 times the c...
Angels working like VCs?
in TJ's Weblog, on January 8, 2006
...nture capital to finance additional growth. The VCs routinely insisted on "down round" -- valuations lower than what the angels had originally accepted. All of this prompted angels to organi...
Irrational Exuberance...Again?
in Businesspundit, on December 19, 2005
... appeared almost precisely at their peak in March 2000. Now he has updated the book to reflect 2005 valuations and concludes that, believe it or not, the market is still irrationally exuberant. How ca...
Now its the time to raise money
in TJ's Weblog, on December 6, 2005
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SiliconBeat links to a report from VentureOne :
"The recent rise in valuations is due in part to the rise in prices in liquidity for venture-backed companies, particularly for M...
ebay and skype next round
in TJ's Weblog, on September 13, 2005
... Now after the deal is through more analysis comes through that shows the incredible valuations involved. VentureWire notes:
"That makes the deal valued at roughly 12 times 2006 expected reve...
ThingMagic $10 Million Round: Positive News for VC Investment
in The RFID Weblog, on September 5, 2005
... VC money is out there.
About a month ago I interviewed Jeff Nolan of SAP Ventures. He noted that valuations of RFID companies had held up pretty well despite the RFID market being in the midst of ...
Yahoo to invest in Alibaba.com?
in TJ's Weblog, on August 9, 2005
...xa, the Internet monitoring service.
The talks are nearing completion amid a stunning runup in the valuations of China's Internet companies by Western investors angling to profit from the ...
Baidu Lives up to its Translated Name in recent Nasdaq Listing
in China Venture News, on August 8, 2005
... 354% to $122.54 providing a temporary resurgence in the pre-dot.com hyper-inflated and unjustified valuations. Have investors forgotten so soon what happened to Chinadotcom and other China internet i...
Executive Viewpoints: Jeffrey Nolan of SAP Ventures
in The RFID Weblog, on July 25, 2005
Editor's Note: Executive Viewpoints, presented by RFID Weblog and MoreRFID , is a series of interviews with business executives in the RFID industry. For our inaugural interview, we welcome Jeffrey Nolan, a VC with SAP Ventures. He gives valuable insights into his views as a venture ca...
RFID interview series
in TJ's Weblog, on July 25, 2005
...o the next level, so maybe next year we'll see activity start to spike up again.
Surprisingly, valuations of RFID companies have held up pretty well through the "trough of disillusionment&qu...
Investing in Europe
in TJ's Weblog, on April 18, 2005
...nd entrepreneurship in (relative) crisis can ALTER growth rates for decades to come. Company valuations (which are often lower in Europe than in the US) are another factor. But assuming the Jap...
back in the old days?
in TJ's Weblog, on March 19, 2005
...Slate 5M monthly unique visitors x $2 per head = $10M (acquired by Washington Post)"
Such valuations are surely interesting being a major investor into a blogging network like Creative Webl...
The Rise of European Low Cost Airlines
in Businesspundit, on January 27, 2005
... "free" (before taxes). Their companies have been rewarded with dot-com-bubble-like stock valuations---and the volatility that comes with them---while their long-haul counterparts dodder tow...
VC-land is looking up
in TJ's Weblog, on December 7, 2004
... sipping at a cocktail, explained how much better things are this year than the past couple.
....
Valuations of U.S. venture-backed companies increased for the fifth consecutive quarter, reaching $1...
Productivity
in Businesspundit, on November 10, 2004
...t America's "productivity miracle" will continue helps to underpin higher share-price valuations there than in Europe and to support the financing of the country's huge current-accou...
Silicon Valley VC trends Q2/2004
in TJ's Weblog, on August 15, 2004
...atest trends in VC fundings in the area:
"Conclusion: The significant improvement in venture valuations that was seen in the first quarter of 2004 has continued and increased in the second quar...
venture rounds Q1/2004 Bay Area
in TJ's Weblog, on May 21, 2004
... up rounds outpaced down rounds for the first time since Fenwick does the Reporting . Venture valuations are picking up and approach normality again......
the greed game
in TJ's Weblog, on April 22, 2004
...d should) depend on competition in the game. Success (as measured by strong interest and acceptable valuations) depends on getting more than one party at the table. It is only at that point that you h...
the dating industry - a closer look
in TJ's Weblog, on November 1, 2003
...Euros, launched the concept, which scores well in usability and conversion of contact media.
Valuations
Revenues for all these companies usually derive from advertising in the first stage and me...
nice equity story
in TJ's Weblog, on October 9, 2003
... another round in 03/2003 led by Battery Ventures . Even without knowing the details of post-money valuations it looks a good deal. An exit is an exit......
The Joe Sixpack Investing Conundrum
in Businesspundit, on September 19, 2003
This Angry Bear post got me thinking about executive compensation, and who is at fault for some of the outrageous pay packages we have seen since the mid 90s. Here is AB's take:
I agree that the money should be directed to shareholders, but that's the direct responsibility of the ...
early stage tech investments rise
in TJ's Weblog, on July 30, 2003
...l that we see early stage investments growing. It is a signal for market recovery and it shows that valuations compared to future value are justified. It also says a lot about expectations were public...