GoPro wants to become the first media company that only distributes media shot with its own cameras. But it doesn't expect to make a lot of money with all that media any time soon.…
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Marc Andreessen: We’re in the ‘opposite of a bubble’
In an interview with Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and venture capitalist Marc Andreessen, PBS journalist Charlie Rose asked about the state of tech IPOs, Facebook advertising and the keys to successful tech companies.…
Read MoreFacebook’s monthly rent is $1M+, and other gems from S-1 update
Facebook on Wednesday updated its S-1 document to the Securities and Exchange commission for its planned initial public offering, and it's a veritable data dump of new information about the social networking company. We dug through it so you don't have to.…
Read MoreThe year-end IPO rush is here: Jive prices IPO, Zynga up next
It's the last full week before everyone essentially checks out until January, which means a lot of us are scrambling to get things done. For a number of companies, an IPO is an item on this year's pre-Christmas to-do list, including Jive Software, Zynga and others.…
Read MoreTrulia bulking up finance, legal teams as IPO prospects loom
Trulia, the San Francisco-based real estate search company, has added two new executives with public company experience as it moves toward an initial public offering of its own. Trulia has named former PayPal exec Sean Aggarwal as its first-ever CFO, and Scott Darling as general counsel.…
Read MoreFacebook IPO: It’s a matter of when, not if
Facebook is said to be making concrete steps toward its planned initial public offering, talking to bankers and getting regulatory filings in order for a spring 2012 IPO, according to the Wall Street Journal. This news is in line with previous reports about Facebook's IPO plans.…
Read MoreGilt Groupe is talking IPO. Should this be a tech story?
Gilt Groupe, the designer flash sales website, is reportedly set to start prepping an IPO next year. But as more consumer and retail companies get savvy to the web and mobile worlds, should IPOs of companies like Gilt and Groupon really be considered tech industry stories?…
Read MoreYelp top brass cashed out $36M in pre-IPO stock sale
Six of Yelp's top executives and investors cashed out $36.8 million worth of company stock during Yelp's Series E funding round in early 2010, according to the company's IPO filing, with CEO Jeremy Stoppelman and board chairman Max Levchin each selling some $15 million of stock.…
Read MoreYelp files for $100M initial public offering
Yelp, the San Francisco-based local reviews website, has filed official documents to raise up to $100 million in an IPO of its stock. The filing reveals that Yelp pulls in solid top line sales, but has yet to turn a profit at the bottom line.…
Read MoreConfirmed: Groupon prices shares high at $20
It's confirmed: Groupon has set the final price for its impending initial public offering on Friday at $20 per share, giving the company a total market capitalization of $12.6 billion. That's higher than the Chicago-based daily deal website's previous planned share price of $16 to $18.…
Read MoreGroupon’s IPO is coming — but how much is it really worth?
Groupon is set to make its debut on the stock market any day now, with several reports saying the IPO will take place by week's end. But some analysts say that Groupon does not deserve the $11 billion valuation at which it's set to debut.…
Read MoreZynga reveals more IPO details
Zynga has revealed more details about the upcoming initial public offering (IPO) of its stock. In a revised S-1 filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission, the social gaming company said it will list its shares on the NASDAQ stock exchange under the four-letter ticker "ZNGA."…
Read MoreWhat bear market? Groupon pressing on with IPO plans
Reports of the death of Groupon's IPO plans have apparently been greatly exaggerated. The online daily deals pioneer filed an updated version of its S-1 document with the SEC Friday, as part of its preparation for an initial public offering of its stock.…
Read MoreGroupon’s updated IPO filing, by the numbers
Andrew Mason has said that "Life is too short to be a boring company" -- and his company Groupon continues to deliver the goods. The daily deals giant has filed an updated S-1 as part of its IPO preparation, and the document is not short on surprises.…
Read MoreThe tech IPO delays have begun
The recent volatility in the stock market has had strong effects on many publicly traded companies, and private firms aren't exactly eager to join their ranks. Five of the 12 companies expected to price IPOs this week have decided to postpone their public market debuts.…
Read MoreIs the tech IPO window closed? Not so fast.
The stock market's ongoing sell-off has many people wondering whether the wave of tech company initial public offerings will soon sputter to a stop. But some financial industry experts say the current market volatility does not necessarily mean that the IPO window is closed.…
Read MorePublic market newcomers getting crushed in sell-off
The tech industry's public market newcomers LinkedIn, Pandora and Zillow have become some of the hardest hit stocks in the ongoing stock market tumble. Could this halt the ongoing initial public offering wave that has been building in the tech industry for several months?…
Read MoreYelp gets serious with IPO-savvy CFO
Yelp has hired Rob Krolik to serve as its chief financial officer. Krolik's resume includes time as the CFO of Shopping.com where he led the company through its IPO. Yelp CEO and co-founder Jeremy Stoppelman said Krolik's public market savvy was key in his hiring.…
Read MoreZillow IPO gets warm welcome — but will it last?
Real estate listing site Zillow received a warm welcome from public market investors after its IPO Wednesday morning. Zillow's stock hit the market at $57 per share, more than double its $20 IPO price. But the stock proved volatile within a few hours of trading.…
Read MoreZillow to IPO Wednesday at $20 per share
Zillow, the real estate search website, has priced its initial public offering at $20 per share. The stock will begin trading under the single-letter ticker symbol "Z" on the Nasdaq exchange on Wednesday morning. Zillow will raise a total of about $75 million in the IPO.…
Read MoreZynga focuses on privacy in run-up to IPO
It looks like Zynga is polishing up the proverbial silver in the run-up to its planned IPO. The social gaming company has launched "PrivacyVille," a new game-like tutorial that rewards users with zPoints, Zynga's virtual currency, for learning more about the company's privacy practices.…
Read MoreZynga S-1 reveals a savvy M&A strategy
Zynga has shown a notable uptick in acquisitions in recent months. But although much has been made of the volume and frequency of Zynga's M&A activity, the S-1 Zynga filed Friday for its planned IPO revealed exactly how savvy it has been in making those deals.…
Read MoreZynga files for $1B IPO: A day late but not a buck short
Zynga on Friday filed its S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission to raise $1 billion. The IPO filing comes just one day later than many people expected -- reports have been bubbling for weeks that Zynga was planning to file its S-1 sometime in June.…
Read MoreWall Street’s LinkedIn forecast: Sunny. Very sunny.
Analysts at Wall Street's major financial firms initiated wholesale coverage of LinkedIn (s LNKD) on Tuesday, putting forth their opinions of the company's future growth prospects and estimates for how the stock should perform. Wall Street's predictions for LinkedIn, in a word? Bullish.…
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