Comments on: Internet Investors: Beware of the Proxy Valuation http://abovethecrowd.com/1998/08/17/internet-investors-beware-of-the-proxy-valuation/ By Bill Gurley Sat, 01 Jun 2013 03:53:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Martha Kortkamp http://abovethecrowd.com/1998/08/17/internet-investors-beware-of-the-proxy-valuation/#comment-16 Martha Kortkamp Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:00:38 +0000 http://abovecrowd.wordpress.com/1998/08/17/internet-investors-beware-of-the-proxy-valuation/#comment-16 Asking questions are actually fastidious thing if you are not understanding anything fully, except this piece of writing offers pleasant understanding even.

]]> By: » Bill Gurley Explains How Twitter Will Rule The World And Why Groupon Won’t 50psi http://abovethecrowd.com/1998/08/17/internet-investors-beware-of-the-proxy-valuation/#comment-15 » Bill Gurley Explains How Twitter Will Rule The World And Why Groupon Won’t 50psi Tue, 28 Jun 2011 09:10:47 +0000 http://abovecrowd.wordpress.com/1998/08/17/internet-investors-beware-of-the-proxy-valuation/#comment-15 [...] S-1, and the removal of marketing costs from their expenses, and I liked how you linked back to a 1998 post about EBITDA earnings. Is this an indication that we’re in 1998 all over again? Or are investors smarter this time [...]

]]> By: Javier Rincon http://abovethecrowd.com/1998/08/17/internet-investors-beware-of-the-proxy-valuation/#comment-14 Javier Rincon Mon, 20 Jun 2011 17:23:27 +0000 http://abovecrowd.wordpress.com/1998/08/17/internet-investors-beware-of-the-proxy-valuation/#comment-14 Amazing to see the similarities in many aspects up to 12 years later. Many companies would love to push EBITDAM to investors, Groupon being the first one.

]]> By: Bill Gurley Explains How Twitter Will Rule The World And Why Groupon Won’t | Wordwide News Exposed http://abovethecrowd.com/1998/08/17/internet-investors-beware-of-the-proxy-valuation/#comment-13 Bill Gurley Explains How Twitter Will Rule The World And Why Groupon Won’t | Wordwide News Exposed Fri, 17 Jun 2011 15:10:48 +0000 http://abovecrowd.wordpress.com/1998/08/17/internet-investors-beware-of-the-proxy-valuation/#comment-13 [...] S-1, and the removal of marketing costs from their expenses, and I liked how you linked back to a 1998 post about EBITDA earnings. Is this an indication that we’re in 1998 all over again? Or are investors smarter this time [...]

]]> By: Ditso http://abovethecrowd.com/1998/08/17/internet-investors-beware-of-the-proxy-valuation/#comment-12 Ditso Sun, 05 Jun 2011 15:00:58 +0000 http://abovecrowd.wordpress.com/1998/08/17/internet-investors-beware-of-the-proxy-valuation/#comment-12 In January, Groupon raised $950 million. By the end of March, it had $209 million left.

I think that tells you all you need to know about this type of company.

“The emperors new cloths”.

]]> By: Deja Vu: Groupon’s Bubble 1.0 Approach To Accounting - Eric Savitz - The Tech Trade - Forbes http://abovethecrowd.com/1998/08/17/internet-investors-beware-of-the-proxy-valuation/#comment-11 Deja Vu: Groupon’s Bubble 1.0 Approach To Accounting - Eric Savitz - The Tech Trade - Forbes Fri, 03 Jun 2011 18:55:20 +0000 http://abovecrowd.wordpress.com/1998/08/17/internet-investors-beware-of-the-proxy-valuation/#comment-11 [...] 1998, the venture capital investor Bill Gurley commented on this specific idea in a post on his Above the Crowd blog. Apparently, he read the Groupon IPO filing 10 years before the company [...]

]]> By: remember #EBITDAM, I sure do, @bgurley called it out in 1998, #GroupOn S-1 term “Adjusted CSOI” | Atish Babu http://abovethecrowd.com/1998/08/17/internet-investors-beware-of-the-proxy-valuation/#comment-10 remember #EBITDAM, I sure do, @bgurley called it out in 1998, #GroupOn S-1 term “Adjusted CSOI” | Atish Babu Fri, 03 Jun 2011 17:24:20 +0000 http://abovecrowd.wordpress.com/1998/08/17/internet-investors-beware-of-the-proxy-valuation/#comment-10 [...] via Internet Investors: Beware of the Proxy Valuation « abovethecrowd.com. [...]

]]> By: Deja Vu: Groupon’s Bubble 1.0 Approach To Accounting | buy stock picks http://abovethecrowd.com/1998/08/17/internet-investors-beware-of-the-proxy-valuation/#comment-9 Deja Vu: Groupon’s Bubble 1.0 Approach To Accounting | buy stock picks Thu, 02 Jun 2011 23:38:44 +0000 http://abovecrowd.wordpress.com/1998/08/17/internet-investors-beware-of-the-proxy-valuation/#comment-9 [...] 1998, the venture capital investor Bill Gurley commented on this specific idea in a post on his Above the Crowd blog. Apparently, he read the Groupon IPO filing 10 years before the company [...]

]]> By: Sheryl Sandberg’s Magic Facebook Finances [Financey] « All Hell Hollywood http://abovethecrowd.com/1998/08/17/internet-investors-beware-of-the-proxy-valuation/#comment-8 Sheryl Sandberg’s Magic Facebook Finances [Financey] « All Hell Hollywood Thu, 09 Apr 2009 08:51:53 +0000 http://abovecrowd.wordpress.com/1998/08/17/internet-investors-beware-of-the-proxy-valuation/#comment-8 [...] We have a suggestion for Sandberg: Try an exciting new measure of profitability we call “earnings before expenses.” It was all the rage in the 1990s. [...]

]]> By: Andrew http://abovethecrowd.com/1998/08/17/internet-investors-beware-of-the-proxy-valuation/#comment-7 Andrew Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:11:51 +0000 http://abovecrowd.wordpress.com/1998/08/17/internet-investors-beware-of-the-proxy-valuation/#comment-7 It is a beautifull chapter. Thank’s.

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