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   by wisernow 19y ago

   A subversive thought: as it becomes cheaper & cheaper to build start-ups, prices would fall too. Granted, start-ups are not interchangeable commodities, but given that so many are being created, that ought to impact pricing (aka valuati
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   by wisernow 19y ago

   Not that typical in a merger, especially a "growth seeking" merger (like what Google does) vs "cost cutting" merger, like what Oracle does. This is unusual for Google, for sure. What that tells about them (i.e growth expectations etc) is an
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   by wisernow 19y ago

   The PDF was painful so here is a converted HTML link http://viewer.zoho.com/docs/xdLbwd
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   by wisernow 19y ago

   I am in the camp that says keep the abstraction level somewhere in the middle, not too low (painful) and not too high (you will lose a lot of people). There is a happy Buddhist middle there somewhere. Almost any code meant to be used by oth
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   by wisernow 19y ago

   On the face of it, this would look like a very bad deal. But I feel there must be more to it. The OP does now YC, know the culture here, understands valuations. Why does he/she even consider selling for 3-4x earnings (i.e profit, not revenu
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   by wisernow 19y ago

   Excellent point. My guess is that they could be a bit higher, up to 300K per employee (that would be a somewhat exceptional, I grant you). $300K estimate would give $2.7 million per year.