by Zack Miller on November 8, 2010
A story in the WSJ this morning alludes to a possible merger of Yahoo and AOL. In recent days, AOL’s advisers have been presenting different scenarios to AOL officials that illustrate how the two companies could combine their operations and whether the complexity of any such transaction could be surmounted, the people said. For investors, [...]
by Zack Miller on October 13, 2010
Steven Carpenter, founder and CEO of New Rules favorite Cake Financial, has been running a great series of articles on TechCrunch in which he decontructs startups revenue and business models. In this series, 13 Ways to Get to $10M in Revenue (part I, part II), Carpenter takes an in-depth look into what metrics are needed [...]
by Zack Miller on October 12, 2010
Something few people know about me: One of my first jobs upon graduating from college was as an analyst for Heidrick and Struggles, one of the premier executive search firms. As a young, intellectually hungry econ grad, I did get a chance to work with some of the best (and worst) Fortune 500 companies to [...]
First off, this is NOT meant to be construed as a recommendation for the stock but rather a discussion of TheStreet.com — the company, including its products and services. Investors should do their own diligence and not rely upon anything said here as a basis for investing. Seeking Alpha’s been running a great series, High [...]
by Zack Miller on February 8, 2010
In the wake of the big commercial fest Super Bowl yesterday (wait, there was a game yesterday??), I thought it would be interesting to put together a team of the Web’s best financial analysts, talking heads, and pundits. An all star team of sorts for online finance. Offense Quarterback: The Big Picture, Barry Ritholtz. Barry’s [...]
Today’s post is a guest post from Valuecruncher, a stock picking service that analyzes individual stocks via discounted cash flow analysis. We also like the accompanying blog which highlights the site’s methodology and applies it to specific stocks. You can read more about the methodology here and how it works in practice. This guest post, [...]
Pearson, the parent company of the FT Publishing’s FT.com, recently reported quarterly earnings. PaidContent.org has good coverage and analysis of what’s going on. First, for the positive metrics: —Free FT.com memberships rose 211 percent to 1.4 million (just 12,000 in 2007). Average monthly uniques up 60 percent to 9.8 million. —Paying subs up 18 percent [...]