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Tumbling Valuation?
caterpillarcowboy:
gbattle:
A $1billion valuation for Tumblr is about 40-50% of what I would have expected (based upon the last Pinterest raise/val). If sold to Yahoo, I’d want as much cash as possible to mitigate clear risk vs. Facebook where I’d take 20-30% cash as a floor based on Instagram deal. If they are pricing on 10X expected 2013 revenue, that’s the wrong metric - not even in the...
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Tumbling Valuation?
A $1billion valuation for Tumblr is about 40-50% of what I would have expected (based upon the last Pinterest raise/val). If sold to Yahoo, I’d want as much cash as possible to mitigate clear risk vs. Facebook where I’d take 20-30% cash as a floor based on Instagram deal. If they are pricing on 10X expected 2013 revenue, that’s the wrong metric - not even in the right...
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Live Map of Wikipedia Edits →
Fascinating real-time map of unregistered Wikipedia editors.
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Man loses life savings on carnival game. Wait for the ending. Priceless response. Dude spent $2,600 to win an X-Box Kinect. Leaves with a giant stuffed banana with dreads.
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It is a high quality product … The Blackberry’s bulls-eye marketing...
– Thorsten Heins, CEO of Blackberry, explaining why the new Q10 is $50 more than the iPhone 5.
I’m getting all nostalgic. I secretly want to try a Q10!
April 2013
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Which gas makes up most of the Earth’s atmosphere?
– Can you answer this question? Try your best at our 13-question science quiz — and see how you stack up to American adults. (via pewresearch)
gbattle sez:
I got 13 of 13 correct. Kinda sad that only 7% of 1000+ people scored perfectly.
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Stuttering,
Cold and damp
Steal the warm wind tired friend
Times are gone...
– Sound Garden - “Black Hole Sun”
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Your Product Is All There Is
continuations:
I love meeting with entrepreneurs because most of them are full of optimism and often driven by a big vision. It is then easy to get into a conversation about that vision and how awesome it will be. But therein lurks a great danger and one that both entrepreneurs and investors (myself included) can easily fall prey to. Outside the room nobody really knows or even cares about your...
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The next generation of Instapaper – Marco.org →
paulbz:
We’re very excited.
Marco Arment sells majority stake of Instapaper to betaworks. Very interesting indeed. Smart move for both sides.
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