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by moocow01 14y ago
I'd agree the P/E isn't the be all and end all of company valuations and I think you make valid points. I think whats more odd is that the article's argument starts out with something that I see as more of a straw man argument. I think if
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by moocow01 14y ago
"Apple (14 P/E), Google (18 P/E), eBay (16 P/E), Yahoo (17 P/E)" Those are some nicely cherry picked examples of mature companies that have been around for a Silicon Valley century. But I don't think the bubble involves mature tech compani
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by moocow01 14y ago
I think we really need to talk about what innovation means because its liberally thrown around everywhere these days. Taking the more conservative meaning of innovation... The internet is an innovation in itself - but what is being built o
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by moocow01 14y ago
I did miss that one - I guess I uninstalled too late but that paints a pretty complete picture of the company.
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by moocow01 14y ago
Its also very unlikely you'll stumble into a windfall founding or working for a startup. Its something some may not want to hear but from a purely financial perspective of startup vs corp, 99% of cases it is always going to be financially
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by moocow01 14y ago
Path... Uninstalled. If this is how there "executives" think, I'm sure they could care less about the ethical use and protection of user data.
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by moocow01 14y ago
"Creativity is the residue of time wasted.” - Albert Einstein. As jobs require more creativity, the MBA way of thinking regarding production and resources becomes less and less applicable. Anyone who is creative knows that it is near impos
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Dreaded IPO-crash signal flashes bear warnings(marketwatch.com)
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by moocow01 14y ago
If this is at all feasible, it sounds like a potentially great way for NASA to essentially re-fund itself.
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by moocow01 14y ago
It may be poor reasoning but my vote is on the web (html/css/js/etc). Why? because it seems to be the only thing that has stuck around in the past. Over the past 20 years we've seen the "web" gobble up all sorts of client side platforms -
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by moocow01 14y ago
Any observation/opinion is based on a collection of anecdotes. Studies are fine but I don't think they are needed to express an opinion on an internet board.
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by moocow01 14y ago
"Learn to program" is probably going to be a repeated answer here but I'm not so sure this attitude is going to be doing any good. Enticing people into technical professions that do not have the inclination is not going to make things much
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by moocow01 15y ago
For most of these startups thats even worse... Linkedin's P/E right now is 895 ... Apple is 17
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by moocow01 15y ago
http://pages.stern.nyu.edu/~adamodar/New_Home_Page/datafile/... Across the market the P/S is 1.28 according to this and it looks like the healthcare/internet industry is tops at round 4-5. Even a 'moderate' 20x is insane and not good for
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by moocow01 15y ago
Its very difficult for me to ascertain if its just me or the following is a growing sentiment... I'm not wowed by hardly anything that comes out of consumer internet tech anymore. Before anyone gets out a pitchfork I have actively contribut
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by moocow01 15y ago
That may be true and they could have out of this world potential but I can't think of any sector or business model where a P/S ratio of 4000 is anywhere close to sane.
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How to Survive A Bubble(forbes.com)
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by moocow01 15y ago
This is encouraging developers to leave their jobs at 5 and possibly use their time to build open source, creative projects. I highly doubt people pounding away long hours at their jobs writing commercial software are the ones also contrib
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by moocow01 15y ago
I think your end point is a key point. If you are in a situation to do so, skip the BMW/big house etc and shoot for more financial independence - by that I mean just having some savings to make you comfortable as a first step. It will vas
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by moocow01 15y ago
I totally agree but to play devil's advocate why does motivation have to correspond with working late into the night? In fact I'd argue that a motivated team should be able to get their 'share' done in less than 8 hours a day.
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by moocow01 15y ago
I think we need more of this. In the context of employment (meaning you are not a 'true' owner), I genuinely have a hard time understanding why so many are so good at sabotaging themselves. Its as if we need a primer in worker economics b
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by moocow01 15y ago
The revenue tsunami was a strange one for me as well. What exactly is he referring to? There are many things I could point out about the good financial aspects of seed fund startups but a current revenue tsunami is not something that pers
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by moocow01 15y ago
"But the irony is that real bubbles sneak on you. Hardly anyone sees them coming. So keep screaming bubble, it makes me feel safe." I think there is a bubble and I can accept the rest of your viewpoint, but this part is not true. Most peop
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by moocow01 15y ago
I think we need to shift our mindset. Everyone gasps in horror when jobs get eliminated by tech - yes, that will mean that many won't have a paycheck for food tomorrow - I understand the sentiment. But eliminating a job where someone sits
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Is Tech Entrepreneurship in a Rut?(tusb.stanford.edu)
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by moocow01 15y ago
I'd have to second this - it used to really frustrate me but now I keep using Google Voice because their transcriptions make for some great comedy. They are always painfully off but constant entertainment.
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by moocow01 15y ago
Don't ask smart questions - just put on the glasses
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by moocow01 15y ago
Looks like Facebook pulled the trigger a little early on hiring their gaggle of corporate lawyers - reel 'em back in for just a couple more months
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by moocow01 15y ago
Eh - I know there are an endless number of conversations on here about startups vs. corporate jobs but I'd say the conversation is way too generic to be at all meaningful. Ive flip-flopped from startups to corps and places in between. The
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by moocow01 15y ago
I'm glad these management types cluster at Zynga - its hopefully a few less we all have to deal with everywhere else

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