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Snap’s Rise and Fall: How a Big, Splashy IPO Prompted the Doubters to Keep Mum

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Re: Snap’s Rise and Fall: How a Big, Splashy IPO Prompted the Doubters to Keep Mum

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Post by wpietri » Tue, Nov 14, 2017, 5:48 AM UTC

noncoml wrote: post #141

selectodude wrote: post #127

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There is not a chance in hell I would pay to put a photo on Snapchat, and I’m of their core demographic that can actually afford to.

Would you pay $1 a month to not see ads and not have your data be sent to third party companies?

That's not really a winning value proposition. The first part won't resonate broadly; the bulk of America is perfectly comfortable seeing ads. And the second part raises a question they desperately don't want to raise: what are big companies doing with all that personal data?

Re: Snap’s Rise and Fall: How a Big, Splashy IPO Prompted the Doubters to Keep Mum

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Post by iaw » Tue, Nov 14, 2017, 9:38 PM UTC

sjg007 wrote: post #113

iaw wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's a third possibility that you should be cognizant of: Snap runs out of money. If they have ~3 more quarters like the last one then they're insolvent. There may be a real opportunity here but not enough time to execute on it (especially given that every early employee can walk away now)

In that event they may recapitalize or go private equity. Too big to fail.

> Too big to fail.

I don't think you understand what that means because it doesn't apply to Snap.

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