All is not dire in sunny California
Dateline: Menlo Park “The whole tech sector, flush for years with confidence and talk of disruption, suddenly has an air of desperation about it.” Time Magazine, Nov. 12/15 Is that a cliff, just ahead?...
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SurveyMonkey deal demonstrates power of late stage private markets
News Report: SurveyMonkey Valued at US$2 billion as Some Investors Sell Shares Once upon a time, the only way a tech company could raise $250 million was via an Initial Public Offering. Then along...
Fairfax has been swamped by E-L Financial's quiet, steady, winning gains
There’s nothing like a good headline to draw your attention. Apparently, technology stocks such as Twitter (TWTR:Q) and Facebook (FB:Q) are highly valued, while Blackberry (BB:TSX) is “a good value investment and the firm’s...
Canadian Business Leadership Forum 2012
I had the chance to be the luncheon speaker at the 10th annual Canadian Business Magazine Leadership Forum earlier today. It was a unique opportunity to be part of an day-long agenda with a...
Lazaridis puts $50M where his mouth is
Dateline: New York From afar, the RIM situation doesn’t look as bleak as the coverage of the annual meeting might have led us all believe. I think the TV and print media did a...
Maybe Zuck can give Canada a National Securities Regulator
The Surpreme Court may have told Finance Minister Jim Flaherty that it’s still 1867 as far as they are concerned, but that doesn’t mean that the National Securities Regulator is as dead as a...
Facebook's value drops US$4.7B in 48 hours
Did Farmville stop selling tractors? SharesPost reported another secondary sale of Facebook Class B common shares this morning, although the deal was actually printed on July 29th. Surprisingly, the price has backed off $2...
Facebook valuation rises 49.6% in two months
According to a bid on SharesPost, someone will buy 10,000 shares of Facebook at $33.00 per share, implying a US$74.8 billion valuation on the social media entity. Sellers are demanding between $31.00 and $39.00,...
Facebook's $50B valuation betrays tech market reality
News item: Facebook valued at US$50 billion Not to kick sand in the face of Goldman Sach’s Private Client group, particularly since I’m a shareholder of the parent co. and all, but I think...
Foursquare becoming a marketers' dream
I know that the New York Times is concerned about a private company technology bubble in Silicon Valley, but the U.S. VC industry has climbed a wall of worry over the past few years,...
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