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

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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). © 2012 Vox Media, Inc. the poor individual investor). Photography & Video.

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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. He also says they need to be “must own” names. How much “say” do the issuers have?

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