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

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Thirteen promising young companies had just taken the stage, and Silicon Alley’s tech community was abuzz with the news of Single Platform being acquired by Constant Contact for $100 million, hot on the heels of Buddy Media being purchased for $800 million. "A © 2012 Vox Media, Inc. the poor individual investor).

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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. How should we allocate between the various Firm businesses to maximize value to GS?

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