Comments on: LogMeIn Prices at $16 a Share, Windfall for VC Backers

By: For Some Web Startups, Freemium Is the Way Forward

For Some Web Startups, Freemium Is the Way Forward — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:00:51 +0000

[...] paid system and even received consulting advice from the remote services technology provider, which went public last month. Moreover, Brezina said the company was unwilling to take the traditional, ad-supported route. [...]

By: AGORACOM - George

AGORACOM - George — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:15:00 +0000

I would spend more money on marketing and branding … acquire your competition 1 customer at a time. It’s worked for us so far.

Regards,
George

By: Om Malik

Om Malik — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:57:37 +0000

If you read that post, you would realize… the headline is sensationalist crap at best and the writer doesn’t know what he is talking about. Unfortunately, that kind of crap is misleading as your comment shows. The company is doing just fine by any metrics, now has enough cash to ride out any storm and has valuable public market equity to become a big aggregator of related technologies.

By: Thyaga

Thyaga — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:09:41 +0000

I will not be an investor in this company.

Based on their financial (http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10275931-2.html) situation it does not look like they can survive long enough as an independent public company. I think it would have been better for existing investors and employees if they got themselves sold to a larger company, instead of going IPO.

By: John Roese

John Roese — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:09:21 +0000

They are by far the best in the space but I agree that the space needs a lot more work to get it right. The interesting thing is that they have maintained a free model which builds loyalty but seem to have made good progress in penetrating corporate IT groups with their other revenue producing products targeted at specific IT problem areas. Hopefully they maintian that hybrid model so they stay visible.

Om, you may be right that they now have cash to aggregate other players, the problem is that their product line is pretty broad already and if they spread to far to fast they will do a lot of damage to their business (stretching R&D capacity). If they are going to expand I could see them focusing on patch management possibly as a nice adjacent space.

By: Om Malik

Om Malik — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:50:26 +0000

jd, could not agree more. but as i said… this is a big enough market opportunity. I bet Logmein is going to start aggregating and sweeping up a lot of the smaller players. any thoughts on that?

By: LK

LK — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:32:27 +0000

Not sure how these companies will compete with Microsoft’s free Live Mesh http://www.mesh.com

By: jd

jd — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:56:15 +0000

Despite this being a very crowded market, there is still plenty of room for someone to do it better. The screen sharing and remote access solutions are still very marginal, including LogMeIn.

By: Jeffrey McManus

Jeffrey McManus — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:52:48 +0000

Really like what these guys do, they provide real value and are well deserving of success.

By: friendsofdave's status on Wednesday, 01-Jul-09 03:07:33 UTC - Identi.ca

friendsofdave's status on Wednesday, 01-Jul-09 03:07:33 UTC - Identi.ca — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:07:37 +0000

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