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Wow what drives up the valuation that much, is it a big userbase, lots of investors to pay back, or something else?

• georgespencer 12y ago
  > drives up the valuation from what to what?
  • tdicola 12y ago
    To put it another way, why is a calendar application worth $100 million?
    • georgespencer 12y ago
      That is a much better way of phrasing the question. It's almost certainly because of some combination of the following factors: 1. Widespread usage, 2. Interesting, novel, or useful technology, 3. Strategic importance to the acquirer. It's a bit like asking why the transfer of a soccer player costs $100,000,000. It's because someone is willing to pay it.
      • misiti3780 12y ago
        did sunrise have wide-spread usage though - i do not know anyone that uses it
        • georgespencer 12y ago
          They attracted 250,000 users in 7 months after launch[1], and that was iPhone only. [1] http://techcrunch.com/2013/10/03/sunrise-2-0-brings-icloud-calendar-support-to-its-250000-users/ http://techcrunch.com/2013/10/03/sunrise-2-0-brings-icloud-c...
• richardlblair 12y ago
  It's going to be user base. Microsoft needs users, and so you look at what the users are worth to you and offer that number.
  • majani 12y ago
    500k-1m users (According to Google Play doesn't seem like much. It seems more like a strategic buy to me, the way Microsoft has been trying to push the boundaries of late with cloud productivity tech