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Re: OpenTable ups share price for IPO as Silicon Valley watches closely

Brett — Sun, 24 May 2009 23:46:48 -0000

Yes you can be right- but it might make it easier for them to sell their product to restaurants. Restaurants want to capitalize on more foot traffic and If there is a new tool out there to promote their restaurant- they will do it (depending on price of course). So it really can go both ways....

Re: OpenTable ups share price for IPO as Silicon Valley watches closely

ThatOtherOtherGuy — Wed, 20 May 2009 10:53:43 -0000

Interesting analysis of the real return for Opentable investors:

http://www.pehub.com/?p=39801

Re: OpenTable ups share price for IPO as Silicon Valley watches closely

ThatOtherOtherGuy — Wed, 20 May 2009 10:23:19 -0000

$16-18? How soon after an IPO can you short a stock?

Re: OpenTable ups share price for IPO as Silicon Valley watches closely

LEADSExplorer — Wed, 20 May 2009 04:10:05 -0000

Strange: in a time when people go less out eating due to the recession, there is an IPO for a service for reserving a table at a restaurant.

Re: OpenTable ups share price for IPO as Silicon Valley watches closely

Unlucky — Tue, 19 May 2009 20:39:01 -0000

Uhh - what about the lockup for the VC's? By the time they could sell, it might well be in the single digits...

Re: OpenTable ups share price for IPO as Silicon Valley watches closely

Mark@Creekside — Tue, 19 May 2009 17:39:24 -0000

"achieved it success so early" -- OpenTable was founded in 1999. I guess the current IPO market makes ten years an early succes