Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 25, 2015

. “By January 1984, investors had turned away from hardware toward software.” Exabyte, one of Colorado’s hottest deals, was formed in 1985; Connor Peripherals (fastest growing company in the history of technology manufacturing, four years to $1 billion in revenue) raised its first round in 1987. “By This isn’t true.

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BeyondVC

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Combine this relative value with the fact that many tech companies, particularly large software companies, derive 50-70% of their revenue from annual recurring maintenance and you have an opportunity to buy out many of these businesses due to their predictable cash flow. for a company then no public software company is sacred.

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AUGUST 9, 2012

We also know lots of valid reasons why the company could be valued at far less than it once was including: Stalled Growth – revenue essentially flat over the last 4 quarters. Zynga’s trailing revenue is nearly $1.2B trailing revenue multiple. That much we all know. But at what point does Zynga become a value play?

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