Comments on: Dotcom 2.0: What the LinkedIn IPO could signal for the region? https://ict-pulse.com/2011/05/dotcom-2-0-what-the-linkedin-ipo-could-signal-for-the-region/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dotcom-2-0-what-the-linkedin-ipo-could-signal-for-the-region&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dotcom-2-0-what-the-linkedin-ipo-could-signal-for-the-region Discussing ICT, telecommunications and technology Issues from a Caribbean perspective Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:18:48 +0000 hourly 1 By: mmarius https://ict-pulse.com/2011/05/dotcom-2-0-what-the-linkedin-ipo-could-signal-for-the-region/#comment-144 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 13:43:57 +0000 http://www.ict-pulse.com/?p=871#comment-144 In reply to kamutula.

You do have valid point. However, recent reports in the trade publications suggest that companies will perhaps be more conservative in the number of shares that they release for public sale, i.e. taking a leaf out of LinkedIn’s playbook.

While this approach might initially inflate share price, I do sense that the IPOs will not be as gratuitous or as mercenary as they have been in the past. So along that vein, management for several of the companies appear wants to maintain a certain amount of control of the business; they want to build the business; and be around for the long haul…

]]> By: kamutula https://ict-pulse.com/2011/05/dotcom-2-0-what-the-linkedin-ipo-could-signal-for-the-region/#comment-143 Wed, 08 Jun 2011 11:29:11 +0000 http://www.ict-pulse.com/?p=871#comment-143 One cannot but think this is another balooning dotcom bubble. Reason being that the revenues for these companies do not dovetail with the market value they assume.

Facebook value $50 billion; revenues less than $800 million. Compare with Boeing: value $55 billion; revenues over $60 billion.

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