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Groupon’s IPO as Vindication
DIGITAL DUE DILIGENCE – It’s a little bit surprising that basically every mainstream critique of Groupon over the last few months was completely wrong. Groupon was blasted for having an unsustainable, commoditized business. Their no. 3 competitor BuyWithMe just laid off most of its staff and engineered a quick sale to Gilt [...] more...
Were I a Groupon Bear (and It’s Hard Not to Be One These Days)….
JAY WEINTRAUB – Web guys like me have been evaluating internet traffic for years. I’m on the wrong side of 30 by some investors’ criteria, but on the right side of that number to recall what happened in the early days of web advertising and the issues that could potentially [...] more...
Too Big to Fail or Too Big to Succeed, Part 2
DM CONFIDENTIAL – Last week we found ourselves comparing two unlikely companies, Yahoo! and Groupon, not so much for any inherent similarities but because timing brought them together in the news. Yahoo! fired its chief executive and finds itself potentially up for sale, while Groupon’s CEO is under pressure and [...] more...
Too Big to Fail or Too Big to Succeed?
DM CONFIDENTIAL – Talk of a bubble has faded somewhat. It’s still not far from people’s minds, but something in the discourse has shifted. Companies are still seeing tremendous valuations, from the billion dollar Airbnb out west to ZocDoc out east, and acquisitions appear to be happening at a rapid clip. [...] more...
Brightcove Finally Announces IPO
ADOTAS – Since Brightcove brought Christopher Menard on board as their new chief financial officer, potential investors have anxiously awaited an IPO. The Cambridge-based online video platform has done what has long been expected and filed an S-1 registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission. It will apply for [...] more...
Groupon’s Revised S-1 Doesn’t Float Well in Choppy Market
ADOTAS – Apparently the latest stock market turmoil has brought the town tech-bubble criers out from under their rocks, particularly since public Internet-based companies seen as market bellwethers for the social media revolution have taken a hit. In particular, the stock of business-oriented social network LinkedIn (LNKD) has been riding a royal [...] more...
Groupon Treading Seas of Controversy
ADOTAS – Even though Groupon had been threatening an IPO for months — one at a near-ridiculous $20 billion-plus valuation — it’s kind of funny that the [excrement] didn’t hit the fan until it filed an S-1 with the Securities Exchange Commission. Since then it’s been hard to keep up with [...] more...
LinkedIn Will Take an IPO, Thank You
ADOTAS – Facebook isn’t going public for a long time (if ever), so if you investors feel like dropping money in successful social network, LinkedIn just filed for an IPO with the Securities and Exchange Commission. A day after the social network for professionals took its targeted text ads out of [...] more...
Wall Street Validates Demand’s Strategy
ADOTAS - Demand Media may be a punching bag for most tech commentators and the symbol of content farm pollution in the search space, but investors like it, creative accounting and all. The content-creation machine’s not-long-awaited IPO was a smash hit, as the share price rose 33% to $22.65 by the end of [...] more...
Facebook’s Reinvention of the IPO
ADOTAS – It’s Mark Zuckerberg’s world, and we’re simply socializing in it. Investors have been chomping at the bit to get a piece of Goldman Sach’s special purpose vehicle for Facebook (following the investment bank’s $450 million injection of funds), an equity offering that will top off at $1.5 billion. Interestingly, [...] more...
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