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Old 13 March 2015, 11:16 PM   #1
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Snapchat

Sometime ago we had a thread about the guys of Snapchat when they didn't sell for 3 Billion usd to Facebook

Well look at this know . . . .

http://lat.ms/1BABER3

Apparently they made a good decision to wait a little bit longer
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Old 13 March 2015, 11:44 PM   #2
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Wow!!!
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Old 13 March 2015, 11:51 PM   #3
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So Snapchat is now valued higher than Porsche, Harley-Davidson and Rolls Royce Corporations. It is also twice the market value of the Rolex brand.

Something just doesn't make sense here.
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Old 14 March 2015, 11:17 AM   #4
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Wow!!!
Not bad at all !
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Old 14 March 2015, 12:07 PM   #5
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Come on, seriously??

How can Snapchat be worth 15B??

Just because one company invests in it, doesn't mean it's correct valuation.
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Old 14 March 2015, 12:23 PM   #6
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Come on, seriously??

How can Snapchat be worth 15B??

Just because one company invests in it, doesn't mean it's correct valuation.
Now that is something else but in the meantime . . .
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Old 14 March 2015, 12:27 PM   #7
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Wow. Great post Marc.

I remember the conversation well.

Good for them.
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Old 14 March 2015, 12:38 PM   #8
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Very much doubt someone would actually pay up 15B for it.
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Old 14 March 2015, 01:01 PM   #9
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The market value of Rolex is $7.7 billion. It's a company with a history and a tangible product. Snapchat is code on a programmer's computer in a market where public whims change almost daily. (Just ask Netscape, MySpace, America Online and Palm.) It is unsustainable growth.
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Old 14 March 2015, 01:08 PM   #10
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The market value of Rolex is $7.7 billion. It's a company with a history and a tangible product. Snapchat is code on a programmer's computer in a market where public whims change almost daily. (Just ask Netscape, MySpace, America Online and Palm.) It is unsustainable growth.
And the amazing thing is that in today's world none of that matters.

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Old 14 March 2015, 01:11 PM   #11
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It's amazing the valuations for some of these companies!
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Old 14 March 2015, 01:22 PM   #12
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And I was upset I did not invent the Pet Rock! Lol! Incredible!
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Old 14 March 2015, 09:03 PM   #13
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Come on, seriously??

How can Snapchat be worth 15B??

Just because one company invests in it, doesn't mean it's correct valuation.
This is my thought. The company valuating snapchat is the very company investing in it.
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