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Meebo raising new round. Valued more than Bears Stearns
- kingnothing 19y agoI don't get it. Sure, the site is cool and all, but what are they doing to get such ridiculous valuations?
- axod 19y agoTaking something that is free, (An IM client), and putting it, (wait for it)... on the web (gasp). Seriously though, they have a pretty good number of users, massive audience share.
- alaskamiller 19y ago1. big user base; they even finished their crowd-sourced i18n projects early on to reach more 2. highly sticky engagement, average being 4 hours 3. and just because they ask for it doesn't mean they'll get it
- danteembermage 19y agoI'm opposed to editorializing in headlines unless said editorializing is sufficiently funny and/or tragic, preferably both.
- maurycy 19y agoA small pizza restaurant is valued more than Bear Stearns.
- mechanical_fish 19y agoYeah, this submission belongs under Wikipedia as an example of "how to damn with faint praise".
- falsestprophet 19y agoMeebo should take this opportunity to enter the derivatives market.