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After Facebook's IPO flub, value of tech startups falls back to earth

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Things have really picked up in terms of mergers and acquisitions. Microsoft, Google, and Apple are all hoarding mountains of cash, and Mark Zuckerberg has shown that he isn’t afraid to put his newfound riches to work, with numerous acquisition in the past few months (Instagram, Glancee, and Face.com to name a few).

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Customers Love Free Stuff … But That’s Not Your Problem

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They have an obvious trade-off between a big “pop” (great media coverage and morale boost) versus more cash proceeds. Chris calls this the “at Pricing” multiple, and you should notice that is is much lower than the $VEEV multiple of 18X. Unfortunately, the real story is even worse.

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