Comments on: Is Meebo Worth Half a Slide? http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/18/is-meebo-worth-half-a-slide/ Startup and Technology News Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:34:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Meebo Can’t Get Their Price, Go For A Fundraising Instead Of Sale http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/18/is-meebo-worth-half-a-slide/#comment-2158336 Meebo Can’t Get Their Price, Go For A Fundraising Instead Of Sale Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:44:16 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/18/is-meebo-worth-half-a-slide/#comment-2158336 [...] chat startup Meebo has been working with investment bank Montgomery & Co. for the last few months to either find a buyer or raise a big new round of financing. The rumor was [...] [...] chat startup Meebo has been working with investment bank Montgomery & Co. for the last few months to either find a buyer or raise a big new round of financing. The rumor was [...]

]]> By: www.teletubis.info » Blog Archive » Montgomery & Co. Raises $50 Million For Realtime Worlds http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/18/is-meebo-worth-half-a-slide/#comment-2065928 www.teletubis.info » Blog Archive » Montgomery & Co. Raises $50 Million For Realtime Worlds Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:22:43 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/18/is-meebo-worth-half-a-slide/#comment-2065928 [...] & Co. is an extremely busy dealmaker these days. They are also reported to be working with Meebo on a big new round of financing, as well as doing mergers and acquisitions work for a number of [...] [...] & Co. is an extremely busy dealmaker these days. They are also reported to be working with Meebo on a big new round of financing, as well as doing mergers and acquisitions work for a number of [...]

]]> By: www.teletubis.info » Blog Archive » Montgomery & Co. Raises $50 Million For Realtime Worlds http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/18/is-meebo-worth-half-a-slide/#comment-2060605 www.teletubis.info » Blog Archive » Montgomery & Co. Raises $50 Million For Realtime Worlds Sat, 29 Mar 2008 00:20:33 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/18/is-meebo-worth-half-a-slide/#comment-2060605 [...] & Co. is an extremely busy dealmaker these days. They are also reported to be working with Meebo on a big new round of financing, as well as doing mergers and acquisitions work for a number of [...] [...] & Co. is an extremely busy dealmaker these days. They are also reported to be working with Meebo on a big new round of financing, as well as doing mergers and acquisitions work for a number of [...]

]]> By: Montgomery & Co. Raises $50 Million For Realtime Worlds http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/18/is-meebo-worth-half-a-slide/#comment-2060501 Montgomery & Co. Raises $50 Million For Realtime Worlds Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:21:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/18/is-meebo-worth-half-a-slide/#comment-2060501 [...] & Co. is an extremely busy dealmaker these days. They are also reported to be working with Meebo on a big new round of financing, as well as doing mergers and acquisitions work for a number of [...] [...] & Co. is an extremely busy dealmaker these days. They are also reported to be working with Meebo on a big new round of financing, as well as doing mergers and acquisitions work for a number of [...]

]]> By: Pranesh http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/18/is-meebo-worth-half-a-slide/#comment-2045553 Pranesh Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:11:14 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/18/is-meebo-worth-half-a-slide/#comment-2045553 I introduced many of my friends to Meebo. We were very happy to see an application that got us rid of downloading messenger. But very soon, I found that I was receiving more than usual spams. The number of spams kept increasing. Now I get around 10 spams everyday in IM and 10 spams on mail. All my friends who started using meebo have the same problem. Several of them have stopped using meebo, and many more are quitting meebo now. Sad to see the lads getting disenchanted. Then I also read the privacy policy of meebo. it is very shady. Many of us now believe that meebo is trading our IP addresses and oher information (if not the email addresses) for these spams. If it continues, meebo will lose a very big chunk of costumers. I introduced many of my friends to Meebo. We were very happy to see an application that got us rid of downloading messenger. But very soon, I found that I was receiving more than usual spams. The number of spams kept increasing. Now I get around 10 spams everyday in IM and 10 spams on mail. All my friends who started using meebo have the same problem. Several of them have stopped using meebo, and many more are quitting meebo now. Sad to see the lads getting disenchanted. Then I also read the privacy policy of meebo. it is very shady.

Many of us now believe that meebo is trading our IP addresses and oher information (if not the email addresses) for these spams. If it continues, meebo will lose a very big chunk of costumers.

]]> By: Technicle http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/18/is-meebo-worth-half-a-slide/#comment-2044771 Technicle Wed, 19 Mar 2008 02:59:15 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/18/is-meebo-worth-half-a-slide/#comment-2044771 What about <a href="http://code.google.com/p/soashable/" rel="nofollow">Soashable</a>, the Meebo clone? What about Soashable, the Meebo clone?

]]> By: Lame http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/18/is-meebo-worth-half-a-slide/#comment-2044289 Lame Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:54:42 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/18/is-meebo-worth-half-a-slide/#comment-2044289 its not wow, its not even practical. I keep closing the damn browser! its not wow, its not even practical. I keep closing the damn browser!

]]> By: Hey Jude http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/18/is-meebo-worth-half-a-slide/#comment-2044278 Hey Jude Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:36:34 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/18/is-meebo-worth-half-a-slide/#comment-2044278 whoopie you are still bringing up a 2 year old issue.....and no one has blocked them yet.....instead if they do the deals right, I think this could actually mean some money for Yahoo, MSN and others for their IM divisions......I don't think Meebo could ever be big enough to be a threat to Yahoo, MSN etc....and they have a zero risk of getting banned.....and in case you didn't know they are backed by Sequoia.....so that kind of shit doesn't happen to their companies..... whoopie you are still bringing up a 2 year old issue…..and no one has blocked them yet…..instead if they do the deals right, I think this could actually mean some money for Yahoo, MSN and others for their IM divisions……I don’t think Meebo could ever be big enough to be a threat to Yahoo, MSN etc….and they have a zero risk of getting banned…..and in case you didn’t know they are backed by Sequoia…..so that kind of shit doesn’t happen to their companies…..

]]> By: whoopie http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/18/is-meebo-worth-half-a-slide/#comment-2044274 whoopie Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:31:37 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/18/is-meebo-worth-half-a-slide/#comment-2044274 the major IM companies will never let their revenue be hijacked long term, if meebo actually grows a pair and generates revenues in exclusion of those that would be generated through a native IM client, then they will simply be blocked. meebo is small enough and insignificant enough that the major hosters can close them off without any real ramifications. so what you are left with is the value of their own native meebo network...i'm sure that has about a thousand or so diehard users. once again, the real issue here is the sustainability of a business model predicated on stealing revenue from IM hosters. the major IM companies will never let their revenue be hijacked long term, if meebo actually grows a pair and generates revenues in exclusion of those that would be generated through a native IM client, then they will simply be blocked. meebo is small enough and insignificant enough that the major hosters can close them off without any real ramifications.

so what you are left with is the value of their own native meebo network…i’m sure that has about a thousand or so diehard users.

once again, the real issue here is the sustainability of a business model predicated on stealing revenue from IM hosters.

]]> By: Hey Jude http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/18/is-meebo-worth-half-a-slide/#comment-2044251 Hey Jude Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:14:57 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/18/is-meebo-worth-half-a-slide/#comment-2044251 I love Meebo.....and I won't be surprised if they get that valuation.....its a hell of a lot more useful than slide......and they are using some cool monetization tricks too.... these valuations are pretty scary though....on one hand we have a recession brewing and on the other there are some dumb corp dev guys paying $500 MM for Slide.....no disrespect to Max Levchin.....but seriously this whole valuation relative to youtube could possibly kill the web 2.0 phenomenon which has created so many cool services I love Meebo…..and I won’t be surprised if they get that valuation…..its a hell of a lot more useful than slide……and they are using some cool monetization tricks too….

these valuations are pretty scary though….on one hand we have a recession brewing and on the other there are some dumb corp dev guys paying $500 MM for Slide…..no disrespect to Max Levchin…..but seriously this whole valuation relative to youtube could possibly kill the web 2.0 phenomenon which has created so many cool services

]]> By: jjjj http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/18/is-meebo-worth-half-a-slide/#comment-2044224 jjjj Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:46:15 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/18/is-meebo-worth-half-a-slide/#comment-2044224 Right from the beginning I always thought meebo was abit of a con ( how else could such readily made code get funding ) , but good on the founders for selling Meebo to the venture capitals. Perhaps they can give me insight into how I can sell my new startup to VC's. Right from the beginning I always thought meebo was abit of a con ( how else could such readily made code get funding ) , but good on the founders for selling Meebo to the venture capitals.

Perhaps they can give me insight into how I can sell my new startup to VC’s.

]]> By: micfo.com http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/18/is-meebo-worth-half-a-slide/#comment-2044206 micfo.com Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:25:55 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/18/is-meebo-worth-half-a-slide/#comment-2044206 The meebo rooms feature is pretty nice and also now it's available with Facebook Apps, I hope meebo will continue growing with new features. The meebo rooms feature is pretty nice and also now it’s available with Facebook Apps, I hope meebo will continue growing with new features.

]]> By: Jason http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/18/is-meebo-worth-half-a-slide/#comment-2044162 Jason Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:36:05 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/18/is-meebo-worth-half-a-slide/#comment-2044162 $0 revenue / $500 million valuation I feel like I am setting in on a Broadcast.com sales pitch $0 revenue / $500 million valuation

I feel like I am setting in on a Broadcast.com sales pitch

]]> By: Marzipan from Toledo http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/18/is-meebo-worth-half-a-slide/#comment-2044153 Marzipan from Toledo Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:19:45 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/18/is-meebo-worth-half-a-slide/#comment-2044153 some of you seem to have some sort of blog dyslexia and need to read through things thoroughly, and perhaps even take notes before commenting. some of you seem to have some sort of blog dyslexia and need to read through things thoroughly, and perhaps even take notes before commenting.

]]> By: Everett http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/18/is-meebo-worth-half-a-slide/#comment-2044138 Everett Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:04:22 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/18/is-meebo-worth-half-a-slide/#comment-2044138 Here's an interesting thought... As Michael pointed out, Montgomery & Co. seem to be representing all the hot new startups. You think it's too much on their plate? How many of these deals have seen fruition through them? Here’s an interesting thought… As Michael pointed out, Montgomery & Co. seem to be representing all the hot new startups. You think it’s too much on their plate? How many of these deals have seen fruition through them?

]]> By: Joshua Beil http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/18/is-meebo-worth-half-a-slide/#comment-2044135 Joshua Beil Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:55:45 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/18/is-meebo-worth-half-a-slide/#comment-2044135 Meebo's per user valuation changes quite substantially if you take into account their unique visitors of the MeeboMe rooms widget. I've seen numbers in the 10-14M range and counting for just this application. Factor this in to the 4.6M uniques to Meebo.com and it's at a discount to Bebo. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Joshua Beil Director, Social Media & Technology Segment Level 3 Communications Meebo’s per user valuation changes quite substantially if you take into account their unique visitors of the MeeboMe rooms widget. I’ve seen numbers in the 10-14M range and counting for just this application. Factor this in to the 4.6M uniques to Meebo.com and it’s at a discount to Bebo.
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Joshua Beil
Director, Social Media & Technology Segment
Level 3 Communications

]]> By: al http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/18/is-meebo-worth-half-a-slide/#comment-2044112 al Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:22:35 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/18/is-meebo-worth-half-a-slide/#comment-2044112 Wow have things gotten distorted. Did people not learn that paying for eyeballs with no sustainable loyalty is not a good idea. Wow have things gotten distorted. Did people not learn that paying for eyeballs with no sustainable loyalty is not a good idea.

]]> By: YDrive http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/18/is-meebo-worth-half-a-slide/#comment-2043966 YDrive Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:11:33 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/18/is-meebo-worth-half-a-slide/#comment-2043966 Technically speaking (or more precisely, technologically speaking), worth more than Slide. Technically speaking (or more precisely, technologically speaking), worth more than Slide.

]]> By: Jens Schwoon http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/18/is-meebo-worth-half-a-slide/#comment-2043950 Jens Schwoon Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:48:56 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/18/is-meebo-worth-half-a-slide/#comment-2043950 Hi everybody Concerning the fact that a 23 year old guy made an opensource-version of a meebo clone while being a student... I don't get it why there has to be so much money involved in the "game" Here is a link to the opensource - meebo blog from Harlan Iverson: http://blog.devspan.com/ Hi everybody

Concerning the fact that a 23 year old guy made an opensource-version of a meebo clone while being a student…

I don’t get it why there has to be so much money involved in the “game”

Here is a link to the opensource - meebo blog from Harlan Iverson:
http://blog.devspan.com/

]]> By: ze Mobile Phone http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/18/is-meebo-worth-half-a-slide/#comment-2043904 ze Mobile Phone Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:57:24 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/18/is-meebo-worth-half-a-slide/#comment-2043904 As suggested on Venturebeat. No defensible IP. Reluctance to provide clear business model strategy. “Free” is not always the best way to go. Facebook could spend $5 million - get team of 10 developers in a room for 3 months and build the platform themselves - including the integration of Skype and QQ. I’m just not sure who would buy this company for such a high value even with 29 million uniques. While I wish them all the best, I’m just not sure its feasible. But hey, if they can do it - awesome! Ze As suggested on Venturebeat.

No defensible IP. Reluctance to provide clear business model strategy. “Free” is not always the best way to go. Facebook could spend $5 million - get team of 10 developers in a room for 3 months and build the platform themselves - including the integration of Skype and QQ. I’m just not sure who would buy this company for such a high value even with 29 million uniques.

While I wish them all the best, I’m just not sure its feasible. But hey, if they can do it - awesome!

Ze

]]> By: AD http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/18/is-meebo-worth-half-a-slide/#comment-2043892 AD Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:38:19 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/18/is-meebo-worth-half-a-slide/#comment-2043892 @jjj And no doubt its quite easy to clone meebo or as a matter of fact most of the successful web 2.0 ventures but building a user base and making your service scalable is a different ball game altogether @jjj And no doubt its quite easy to clone meebo or as a matter of fact most of the successful web 2.0 ventures but building a user base and making your service scalable is a different ball game altogether

]]> By: kayoone http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/18/is-meebo-worth-half-a-slide/#comment-2043889 kayoone Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:33:10 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/18/is-meebo-worth-half-a-slide/#comment-2043889 @jjjj like always its about the users. Of course someone could make a meebo clone in a short time, but if nobody uses it, nobody cares and the valuation is zero. @jjjj
like always its about the users. Of course someone could make a meebo clone in a short time, but if nobody uses it, nobody cares and the valuation is zero.

]]> By: veliancho http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/18/is-meebo-worth-half-a-slide/#comment-2043888 veliancho Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:32:00 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/18/is-meebo-worth-half-a-slide/#comment-2043888 seems like there are bubbles in recession times as well. I would short the stock that buys them $500 mil for them. It is a okay tool , does not mean wow. seems like there are bubbles in recession times as well. I would short the stock that buys them $500 mil for them.
It is a okay tool , does not mean wow.

]]> By: John Smith http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/18/is-meebo-worth-half-a-slide/#comment-2043875 John Smith Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:14:01 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/18/is-meebo-worth-half-a-slide/#comment-2043875 Great post. Great post.

]]> By: Rob http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/18/is-meebo-worth-half-a-slide/#comment-2043872 Rob Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:12:03 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/18/is-meebo-worth-half-a-slide/#comment-2043872 Is Slide worth half a slide? Worth is a relative term and to me, it's not. If your book value is under 1 million and you think you're worth 500 I think something is off. So do I need to hire Allen & Co to put a ridiculous projection next to my startup name? I think I have better things to spend my money on. Is Slide worth half a slide? Worth is a relative term and to me, it’s not. If your book value is under 1 million and you think you’re worth 500 I think something is off. So do I need to hire Allen & Co to put a ridiculous projection next to my startup name? I think I have better things to spend my money on.

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