What You Need to Know About Spotify’s $1 Billion Debt Deal

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Description: The company is facing more direct competition. Source: Fortune.com – video report Date: Mar 31, 2016 Link: http://for.tn/1UuRp6q Questions for Discussions: What is the significance of the debt load? Why do you think the firm has agreed to these terms? How should investors deal with this information?

Dorsey unfazed by Square’s lower IPO price

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Description: Square CEO Jack Dorsey says that the company is focused on long-term growth and that the lower IPO price is just ‘one moment in time.’ Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Nov 19, 2015 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/technology/2015/11/19/square-ipo-jack-dorsey-valuation.cnnmoney/ Questions for discussion: What are the main criteria that should be used to estimate the valuation of Square?… Read more »

Montreal’s David’s Tea brewing up U.S. IPO with US$75-million expansion plan

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Description: Montreal-based David’s Tea will file for an initial public offering of its shares in the United States with an aim to raise US$75 million to fuel its North American expansion plans. Source: FinancialPost.com Date: April 06, 2015 Link: http://business.financialpost.com/news/retail-marketing/montreals-davids-tea-brewing-up-u-s-ipo-with-us75-million-expansion-plan Questions for discussion: What are the positive aspects that make this IPO interesting to investors?… Read more »

GoDaddy’s surprising IPO pop

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Description: With the company going public Wednesday, stock price immediately jumped roughly 30 percent. But debt has some investors worried. Source: Fortune.com – video report Date: April 01, 2015 Link: http://for.tn/1CO9umm Questions for Discussions: Why do you suppose the IPO performed so well on its first day? Do you believe the valuation is appropriate going… Read more »

Is FOMO in tech startups driving valuation?

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Description: Investor Bill Gurley says that investing too much money in new technologies may be cause for concern. Fortune’s Andrew Nusca and Erin Griffith discuss. Source: Fortune.com – video report Date: Feb 24, 2015 Link: http://for.tn/1BlY8qR Questions for Discussions: Summarize the concerns and the reasons for valuations. How do you think investors should approach this… Read more »

Shake Shack looks to make as much as $80 million in its IPO

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Description: It’s the burgers time to shine in the restaurant market right now as New York City’s Shake Shack announces it’s trying to net as much as $80 million in its initial public offering. Source: Fortune.com – video report Date: Jan 20, 2015 Link: http://for.tn/1KYveip Questions for Discussions: Explain the investor appeal in these food… Read more »

Why SurveyMonkey won’t have an IPO any time soon

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Description: In an interview at the 2015 Consumer Electronics Show, CEO Dave Goldberg tells Fortune’s Alan Murray about SurveyMonkey’s strategy to avoid going public. Source: Fortune.com – video report Date: Jan 08, 2015 Link: http://for.tn/1s6zdDg Questions for Discussions: Why is the company uninterested in going public at this time? What would motivate an IPO?

What We Learned From High-Cost Lender OnDeck’s IPO Filing

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Description: OnDeck, a small business lender that has loaned Main Street companies more than $1.7 billion since 2007, sometimes at annual percentage rates exceeding 100 percent, has filed for an initial public offering. Source: Businessweek.com Date: Nov 11, 2014 Link: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-11-11/ondeck-ipo-alternative-loans-arent-getting-any-cheaper#r=nav-fst Questions for Discussions: Is OnDeck gouging borrowers, in your opinion? Evaluate the level of… Read more »

Mobile Master: KakaoTalk Creator Becomes One Of South Korea’s Richest Billionaires

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Description: On KakaoTalk, South Korea’s number one mobile-messaging service, users spend hours crushing candy on popular games, sharing photos and videos with friends, and sending cute emoticons and digital stickers. That’s all thanks to Kakao Corp. cofounder and chairman, “Brian” Kim Bum-Soo, who launched the service in 2010 and ever since has been perfecting a… Read more »

Alibaba Debut Makes a Splash

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Description: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. BABA +38.07% , China’s largest e-commerce company, on Friday became a publicly traded technology powerhouse, launching a blockbuster share offering in New York that drew attention world-wide. Source: WSJ.com – video report Date: Sep 19, 2014 Link: http://www.wsj.com/video/ratings-pro-alibaba-looks-stronger-than-facebook/9A9B4058-603D-4DE0-AD85-1ACBE286EE76.html Questions for Discussions: What is motivating purchasers of the Alibaba IPO? How… Read more »