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How Instagram Could Have Cut a Better Deal

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Re: How Instagram Could Have Cut a Better Deal

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Post by sp332 »

duaneb wrote: post #40
sp332 wrote: post #37

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It's not just about finding "the right person". Lots of external factors can have a huge effect on marriage success, like religion http://www.edivorcepapers.com/divorce-statistics/christian-d... or local culture http://www.divorcerate.org/divorce-rate-japan.html or even changes in culture over time http://www.edivorcepapers.com/divorce-statistics/divorce-rat... eta: 50% is not a good rate.

Isn't religion/culture/whatever just one aspect of finding the right person?

If it was, I think it would just be finding someone with similar views. It's interesting that different groups have different success rates.

Re: How Instagram Could Have Cut a Better Deal

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Post by duaneb »

sp332 wrote: post #41
duaneb wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Isn't religion/culture/whatever just one aspect of finding the right person?

If it was, I think it would just be finding someone with similar views. It's interesting that different groups have different success rates.

I'm not saying we search for those who have the same views, I'm saying we search for those whose quirks won't be a problem down the road. For example, I'm non-religious, and I have dated extremely religious people (i.e. she attended church every day). Surprisingly, it wasn't an issue at all.

Re: How Instagram Could Have Cut a Better Deal

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Post by jmathai »

duaneb wrote: post #31
jmathai wrote: post #28

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Assuming you're comparing arranged marriages to "love marriages" I wouldn't even bother. In the US the divorce rate is somewhere near or above 50%. Logically "love marriages" make plenty of sense but the data proves (in the US at least) that it doesn't work. At least not once the human factor is taken into account. People from cultures where arranged marriage is not acceptable seem to have a very hostile view on it.…

>proves No, it doesn't. To actually prove love marriages do not make sense, every single love marriage should fail. Anyway, 50% is a pretty damn good success rate, I think. I don't think I could choose someone to spend the rest of my life with correctly on my first time. It's perfectly natural to fall out of love - that doesn't mean that love marriages don't work, it just means that some don't work.

Agree that it doesn't prove anything.

Disagree that 50% should be considered a good success rate though.

Re: How Instagram Could Have Cut a Better Deal

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Post by peloton »

The point of the article is not to argue valuation. Rather, it's about the negotiation that happens between both sides' bankers to make sure their respective clients are getting the best deal structure.

In my opinion the writer is one of the best at detailing corporate deals and making the complexities of investment banking easily understandable for the general public.

Re: How Instagram Could Have Cut a Better Deal

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Post by ytadesse »

rokhayakebe wrote: post #38
dmishe wrote: post #30

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This.

What does "this" mean? I've people use it as a comment, and I also noticed others disliking it.

It's another way of "liking" the comment or voting it up. The user is essentially saying "I agree with this".

People sometimes flag such comments because:

1) The upvote mechanism was created for 'this' purpose.

2) These types of comments don't necessarily add much value to the threads and the community at large is very protective and self-governing in terms of maintaining the integrity of the site.

... Personally, I don't care. I'm sure I've 'this'd comments before in one form or another.

Re: How Instagram Could Have Cut a Better Deal

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Post by duaneb »

jmathai wrote: post #43
duaneb wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>proves No, it doesn't. To actually prove love marriages do not make sense, every single love marriage should fail. Anyway, 50% is a pretty damn good success rate, I think. I don't think I could choose someone to spend the rest of my life with correctly on my first time. It's perfectly natural to fall out of love - that doesn't mean that love marriages don't work, it just means that some don't work.

Agree that it doesn't prove anything. Disagree that 50% should be considered a good success rate though.

> Disagree that 50% should be considered a good success rate though.

Perhaps this is just a signal that society may be moving past "Till death do us part". I don't think this indicates anything bad about society, except perhaps people forgetting how serious society once treated marriage.

Re: How Instagram Could Have Cut a Better Deal

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Post by olog-hai »

From the article: "It may also be that since the parties were both in the same industry, a fixed exchange ratio was thought more appropriate because the market would assign them equally in value, a common assumption underlying this choice."

Would some kind soul please explain what the author meant by "the market would assign them equally in value?" Thanks.

Re: How Instagram Could Have Cut a Better Deal

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Post by rokhayakebe »

ytadesse wrote: post #45
rokhayakebe wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What does "this" mean? I've people use it as a comment, and I also noticed others disliking it.

It's another way of "liking" the comment or voting it up. The user is essentially saying "I agree with this". People sometimes flag such comments because: 1) The upvote mechanism was created for 'this' purpose. 2) These types of comments don't necessarily add much value to the threads and the community at large is very protective and self-governing in terms of maintaining the integrity of the site. ... Personally, I…

Thank you.

Re: How Instagram Could Have Cut a Better Deal

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Post by [deleted] »

ChuckMcM wrote: post #39

It is interesting how folks miss the article for the headline. The headline is link baitey, the article tries to explain a financial device called a 'stock collar' which is known in M&A circles but not be common knowledge for startup founders. I read it as, "Hey, here is this financial tool to consider when selling your company called a stock collar, and here is an example of how using it would have been advantageous…

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