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RichardKim

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    Rails CTO replacement asap... Need help. How?

    Hey guys, Wondering what I should do as I would have never thought this was going to be an issue for us but of course, sht happens. We're an early-stage, well-capitalized Chicago b…

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    Apple's best days behind us?

    In finance, all of the models wall street types build are very similar. these models are embedded with certain variables (i.e. assumptions) and these variables drive the model. Wha…

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    Facebook to enter marketplace again...

    what do you guys think? rumour is they will used that sponsored feed system but wouldn't that annoy/desensitize people as well as inevitably have real estate constraints v. supply …

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    Comment #4614482

    It still sucks. looks cool and works fast but functionality is just not there...

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    Comment #4303637

    You are not taking into account risk premia i.e. discount rate for investing in a highly volatile tech stock such as facebook. So to be net present value neutral it would need to g…

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    Comment #4303601

    Yes companies are "forced to go public" if you are private and have over 500 shareholders than you have to register its stock. you can trade otc markets but no legit company with b…

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    FB getting slaughtered aftermarket

    http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=fb&ql=1 they beat rev est. but remember... everyone and their mothers know that first couple of quarters are budgeted conservatively.

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    Craigslist is the worst

    let's start a following. i created this fb page yesterday to see how many people are interested in tearing down Craigslist's wall of lawyers protecting it's antiquated platform. ht…

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    Zynga just got owned

    who's next. let's see how fb does. it's still still valuation rich if mobile ad hasn't been fixed.

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    Zynga game over... for now

    for all of you guys who thought that omgpop was somehow going to make it an accretive transaction for the company... have you guys seen the drop in traffic of drawsomething?

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    Comment #3782460

    True statement. But only if the analysis was that easy... Yes, if that can continue but the 200m valuation is much more complicated than applying a 3x multiple on 73m earnings. You…

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    Comment #3782269

    Please keep in mind, most secondaries are done like a IPO except its secondary shares not primary. Bankers line up a set of buyers to sell in blocks (usually at a discount but not …

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    Comment #3782140

    So when is Zynga's traffic going to normalize? Most of the guys I know have already stopped playing the game. I was actually thinking, what about creating the same game except only…

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    Comment #3781593

    I'm calling "shannigan!" No u.s. receivables factoring business has gross margins that they've got. What is Groupon - short-term loan sharks? Their reversal of NWC as they slow dow…

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    Comment #3781557

    Groupon has billions of dollars of value still left but yeah, market cap at this price is still way too high. Deal fatigue takes time to hit for majority of users and the barriers …

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    Comment #3780770

    Agree & Disagree. Simply saying it sucks. Yeah. Ignore it. What the ??? What kind of value is that? You should ask for more valued added feedback/comments. There are lots of people…

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    Comment #3780664

    Sooner or later we'll see a groupon deal for the 99c pizza! What we effectively have is an arms race in not just pizza, but one can argue that it's happening in all of NYC value to…

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    Comment #3780646

    B) Never. It's a dead business. 1. as soon as I saw that ipads took off with old, rich people, I massively shorted RIMM stock. Why you might ask? Because at my old job where there'…