Editorial
A Snap Swipe And Ecommerce’s Continued Boom
Editor’s Morning Note: We have two quick bites for you this morning, one positive and one negative. Balance! “When we were young.” – Adele It’s a cold Friday here in… Read Full Article
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Lessons From Fitbit’s Troubled Revenue Multiple
Editor’s Morning Note: Fitbit’s revenue multiple is less than one. Here’s what that might mean for hardware startups. It’s John Biggs! Also, Fitbit. Based on publicly available app store data,… Read Full Article
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Better Know An IPO: Optiv
Editor’s Morning Note: It’s Monday. Let’s tease apart Optiv’s public offering. After Mattermark all but closed the books on IPOs this year, Optiv filed, making for a more interesting closing quarter.… Read Full Article
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What’s A Social Media Company Worth?
Editor’s Morning Note: What is a historically normal revenue multiple for a social media company? Social media is hard. Also, what the hell is going on in this picture? In… Read Full Article
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Here’s What The Market Thinks About Snapchat’s IPO
Editor’s Morning Note: Take my hand, we have some hot takes to handle. Takes so hot they can melt steel beams? Snap’s upcoming IPO, barring something drastic, will be the… Read Full Article
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Public Markets Push Twitter’s Valuation Under Half What Snapchat Said To Seek In IPO
Editor’s Morning Note: Snapchat’s purported, hoped-for IPO valuation is now more than twice Twitter’s current market cap. That’s notable. Shares of Twitter are down sharply today in the opening trading… Read Full Article
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Squaring Snapchat’s Rumored $25B IPO Valuation And Twitter’s Modest $14B Market Cap
Editor’s Morning Note: Today we try to understand why Snap may be worth $25 billion, while Twitter is valued at a far more modest $14 billion. Twitter’s share price, visualized.… Read Full Article
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Why Twitter Shares Are Off 13%
Editor’s Morning Note: Twitter’s Q2 user growth exceeded investor expectations. Its financial performance did not. Twitter shares are off more than 13 percent this morning following its second quarter earnings report.… Read Full Article
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Editor’s Morning Note: Microsoft Buys Social Network With Less Revenue Than Surface
If you had hoped for a relaxed Monday, you lose: Microsoft will buy LinkedIn in a surprising deal worth more than $25 billion, Apple’s WWDC keynote kicks off shortly, Twitter shares are… Read Full Article
Mattermark Daily
Mattermark Daily – Thursday, March 31st, 2016
From the Investors Michael Cardamone of Acceleprise and Scott Salkin of Allbound chat about the scrappiness involved in getting your first customers and achieving $500K in ARR in “SaaS Founding… Read Full Article
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Mattermark Daily – Wednesday, December 17th
From the Investors Michael Copeland and Benedict Evans of Andreessen Horowitz discuss mobile market trends, current major smartphone makers and question the future of mobile in “Enough With the Old… Read Full Article
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Scooped! What Snapchat Will Be Talking About on the Colbert Report Tonight
At a taping of the Colbert Report, which will air at 11:30pm Eastern Time tonight, the founders of Snapchat sat down for an interview. Don’t want to wait to hear… Read Full Article