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I didn't know pinterest was a thing, I'm not sure anyone in France use it, is that only used in the US?
I don't know anyone in the US using Pinterest. It seems like a search engine gaming scam to me.
Pinterest continuing the trend of teach companies IPOing with dual class share structures: "Following this offering, we will have two classes of common stock: Class A common stock and Class B common stock. The rights of the holders of Class A common stock and Class B common stock will be identical, except with respect to voting, conversion and transfer rights. Each share of Class A common stock will be entitled to on…
The verdict on dual class shares is not as unfavourable as is frequently made out in the press as attested to by a recent study in the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation: "The limited empirical evidence on the technology and emerging growth companies that are the target of these regulations is insufficient to support the adoption of new regulations, as the evidence that is avail…
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The verdict on dual class shares is not as unfavourable as is frequently made out in the press as attested to by a recent study in the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation: "The limited empirical evidence on the technology and emerging growth companies that are the target of these regulations is insufficient to support the adoption of new regulations, as the evidence that is avail…
Frankly, as a long term buy and hold investor, I actually prefer to invest in companies where the founders are solidly in control, assuming I believe in their abilities. It seems like it should free them from some of the pressure to optimize for the short term at the expense of long term success.
There is something junky about Pinterest and Quora— the experience of using it while not logged in is bad. Facebook has users in a strangle hold— afraid of alienating and being out of the loop on family affairs if they leave. Can someone convince me that Pinterest is not suceptible to an overnight diaspora if another service becomes more useful or fashionable? It’s great that Pinterest is making money but how will th…
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Curious how this would change if R&D was capitalized. Of course it would just make ebitda a less accurate proxy for cash flow but we’d still be looking at it very differently.
R&D was $208M in 2017 and $252M in 2018, which was about 45% and 33% of revenue, respectively.
Says it all, really.
"We have incurred operating losses in the past, anticipate increasing our operating expenses, expect to incur operating losses in the future and may never achieve or maintain profitability." Says it all, really.
"We have incurred operating losses in the past, anticipate increasing our operating expenses, expect to incur operating losses in the future and may never achieve or maintain profitability." Says it all, really.