DISQUS

Charles · 2 years ago

Unless there is a very large backlog of deals that haven't been announced but have actually closed, I think the M&A rumor mill is wildly outpacing the actual number of closed transactions. Without a viable IPO market for most of these companies, M&A is the only way most of these companies will achieve liquidity. There's no harm in speculating and deals can fall apart at the last minute, but I think a lot of the M&A hype is wishful thinking as opposed to reflective of real substantive conversations.
Gal Josefsberg · 2 years ago

Makes sense. People will always be interested in jobs and Google will always be interested in new content with which to present ads. Heck, it makes more sense than the YouTube purchase.

GJ
Glenn Kelman · 2 years ago

Efforts to compete with Wall Street bonuses are what's driving M&A lawyers' salaries in New York and the Bay Area.

Glenn Kelman, CEO, Redfin
Wen · 2 years ago

Matt, any chance you can eliminate links in the comments? It seems to result in people offering trite comments in order to promote their sites...
Kevin · 2 years ago

Please check the link posted for Craigslist.
Matt Marshall · 2 years ago

I cut out the offending link from the comment, i'll think about elimination going forward. Also, corrected link to Craigslist.

Thx.
Jacques Froissant (CEO Altaïde · 2 years ago

My opinion here : http://altaide.typepad.com/jacques_froissant_al...