Apple's Reinvention Transforms Stock's Valuation

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Apple reinvention transforms stock value

Apple reinvention transforms stock value 07/12/2004 05:55 PM
Once seen as a value play that traded at little above its cash value, Apple's stock is now attracting long-term and momentum investors.

Apple Reinvention Transforms Stock Value
(Reuters)

Apple Reinvention Transforms Stock Value
(Reuters) 07/10/2004 08:30 AM
Reuters - The more than 50 percent rise in Apple Computer Inc.'s stock price this year has mirrored the brisk sales of its market-leading iPod digital music player and growth at its retail stores.

Chief financial officer talks about
Apple's reinvention

Chief financial officer talks about
Apple's reinvention 11/14/2003 11:30 AM
Though Apple's products are popular now, a few years ago the company was perceived as being in a disastrous situation, Fred Anderson, Apple's chief financial officer, said during a speech Thursday. He was the premiere speaker in a year-long series sponsored by the Business School's High-Tech Club at the University of Michigan.

3M Strong Despite Stock's Slip

3M Strong Despite Stock's Slip 07/19/2004 12:58 PM
Experienced leadership keeps this conglomerate performing well.

Google Stock's Wacky Debut

Google Stock's Wacky Debut 08/20/2004 06:35 AM
Wired.com - Fri Aug 20, 09:58 am GMT

Adobe execs cash in on stock's gains

Adobe execs cash in on stock's gains 11/03/2003 10:05 AM
San Jose Mercury News Nov 3 2003 9:05AM ET

'Nano' in Firm's Name Fuels Stock's Gain

'Nano' in Firm's Name Fuels Stock's Gain 12/04/2003 03:50 AM
Boston Globe Dec 4 2003 2:32AM ET

The reinvention of Progeny: How one FOSS
company survived the dot-com crash

The reinvention of Progeny: How one FOSS
company survived the dot-com crash 03/29/2005 05:02 AM
In June 2001, Progeny Linux Systems was in crisis. Looking around, co-founder and CEO Ian Murdock realized that the company needed fundamental changes to survive. Four years later, Progeny is back up to its former staffing levels and showing modest profits. It is also one of the few Free/Open Source Software (FOSS)-based companies from that era to survive. Murdock's assessment of where the company went wrong and his story of how it reinvented itself offer some practical suggestions for other start-ups, especially FOSS-based ones. Progeny Linux Systems was founded in early 2001 with modest funding from the Linux Capital Group, a short-lived venture in which Bruce Perens was co-founder and president. By May, Progeny was hiring rapidly and beginning develop Linux NOW (Network of Workstations), an updated version of Sprite, a research operating system developed at the University of California-Berkeley that provided a single system image to a cluster of work stations.

$50M+ valuation for what?

$50M+ valuation for what? 06/26/2004 12:56 PM

A little recap context first.....

Though Ryze can certainly be credited with being the first modern day social network (after the first generation SixDegrees system) - Friendster is the Kleenex (or Tampax) of social networks, the standard of which everyone is compared to.

Friendster attracted the most attention, both for it's bizarre treatment of it's early users and it's huge valuation and blue-chip VC investment.

Jonathan Abrams of Friendster was a real asshole, running around gloating and acting like he owned the world. He insisted he didn't want those early adopters and that his site was all about dating.

Once he got his investment, I predicted he'd be out within 6 months - as there's one thing I know about - it's the Kleiner, Perkins MO.

So now they've brought in Scott "TV" Sassa and surprise surprise Scott is finding that Friendster is a ghost town - with the only actvity going on in Malaysia (and other non-U.S. markets.)

But Scott was hired to do a reality TV show and he's finding that the brand is severely tainted. So what do they do? Reach out to the early adopters, starting with folks like danah boyd - to ask them to help them with their email campaign.

So here is:

1) danah's post on this hilarious sequence of events
2) the email campaign choices that they offered danah and the other "SuperFriends".

BTW danah told me that Friendster now outputs CVS versions of one's profile. So they're one phone call away from supporting our FOAFnet.

YOU SEE! Truth and right wins the day!

ONE FINAL NOTE:

danah is more or less turning into the vanguard - the advance forces - on each of these cutting edge social software efforts. She was the first to study and comment on the rude behavior to the Fakesters, she worked on the Tribe.net (I was there - too:-) and she's recently been helping Google out as well.

So the message to any of you nascent social networking entrepreneurs - hire danah - and LISTEN TO HER!

OH yah - and I guess Mark Pincus and Reid Hoffman should have sold their Angel shares when they got a chance! 'Cause this company is tubing. Sassa will be gone within 12 months.

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Friendster is desperate; viral marketing failed

Friendster realizes that it has lost the attention of its earliest adopters. This morning, Friendster sent a message to a select number of people that they labeled as "SuperFriends." It's a usability survey where they are asking for users' advice on an email campaign. There are four different potential emails that they sent out as screen shots. Here's a sample one:

Subject: Friendster Now So you're working. Who cares? You have a lifetime to work. What you'll really regret coughing and wheezing on your deathbed is not looking up all the old high-school friends, college buddies, summer camp alums, Burning Man acquaintances and ex'es who are just hoping you reach out and find them. And discovering new hiking partners, book groups and jam band fans. And setting up that person you really would date yourself if you were single. There's oh so much to do.

Seriously, you should go to Burning Man. It's pretty cool. The jam band stuff we understand if you're not into. We just needed an example there.

Thanks.

www.friendster.com

Oh, to make sure you keep getting these vaguely sarcastic emails, please add Friendster to your email address book now. If for no other reason than it will look cool to have Friendster in your address book.

The tone of these messages is desperate, begging for attention of the original early adopters - the ones that Abrams told me were ruining his system. One focuses on Burning Man types; one mocks the old Power Point COO; one charges non-users with harming children; one is a desperate love poem. They're hyper American-centric, SF-centric, white collar, wannabee hipster, intentionally attempting sarcasm (and clarifying that below) and complete with 80s references.

I guess Friendster isn't happy with the majority of its users being young and from Asia. Does this mean that Friendster has its tail between its legs about its early egotistical behavior? Apparently, viral marketing isn't working well enough anymore.

Anyhow, you *have* to read the full message that these SuperFriends got (included in the full message). It has had me ROFL for hours.

Below is the message that Friendster SuperFriend's received. The text was followed by four email screen shots; I have transcribed those for ease of access.

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Hi,

As a SuperFriend, we would appreciate your feedback on a new email
campaign. Friendster will soon be sending emails to two groups of
Friendster members - active members who use the site and inactive
members who have not recently used the site. We created two email
versions for each group and want your opinion to help us decide which
versions to use.

Please refer to the two versions for each group and reply to this email
(at usability@friendster.com) to answer the related questions. As
always, we greatly appreciate you taking the time to tell us what you
think on behalf of the Friendster community!

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

For the Active member email:

*Which of the two versions do you prefer? (version 1 or 2) _____

*Is the email appropriate to send to active Friendster members? (yes/no)
_____

*Would you be likely to click the link and go to Friendster if you
received this email? (yes/no) _____

*After receiving this email, would you assume the Friendster website had
an updated design? (yes/no) _____

*Would you be open to receiving similar emails from Friendster in the
future? (yes/no) _____

*Any additional comments?
______________________________________________________

For the Inactive member email:

*Which of the two versions do you prefer? (version 3 or 4) _____

*Is the email appropriate to send to inactive Friendster members?
(yes/no) _____

*Would you be likely to click the link and go to Friendster if you
received this email? (yes/no) _____

*After receiving this email, would you assume the Friendster website had
an updated design? (yes/no) _____

*Would you be open to receiving similar emails from Friendster in the
future? (yes/no) _____

*Any additional comments?
______________________________________________________

Thanks!
Friendster

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Subject: Friendster Now

So you're working. Who cares? You have a lifetime to work. What you'll really regret coughing and wheezing on your deathbed is not looking up all the old high-school friends, college buddies, summer camp alums, Burning Man acquaintances and ex'es who are just hoping you reach out and find them. And discovering new hiking partners, book groups and jam band fans. And setting up that person you really would date yourself if you were single. There's oh so much to do.

Seriously, you should go to Burning Man. It's pretty cool. The jam band stuff we understand if you're not into. We just needed an example there.

Thanks.

www.friendster.com

Oh, to make sure you keep getting these emails, please add Friendster to your email address book now. If for no other reason than it will look cool to have Friendster in your address book.

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Subject: Don't Tell Anyone

You're our favorite subscriber. Seriously. I know we here at Friendster shouldn't play favorites, and our chief operating officer (he's the old guy in the office) told us not to do this, but seriously, you just totally rock. The way you reconnect with old friends. The way you've figured out just how small and interconnected the world really is. The way you discovered people with the same interests as you. We suspect you've even gotten a date out of Friendster, or that if you didn't, you could have if you needed to. Easy. With one of those three suspiciously hot people who keep popping up right above your friends list. For other people, we just use those pictures as cruel, aspirational temptation. But for you, they're totally getable.

Hey, don't tell anyone we told you all of this. That old guy in the office will just start lecturing us again and pulling out charts and graphs and PowerPoint displays. He's such a loser.

Thanks.

www.friendster.com

Oh, to make sure you keep getting these vaguely sarcastic emails, please add Friendster to your email address book now. If for no other reason than it will look cool to have Friendster in your address book.

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Subject: The Suffering You've Caused

We totally miss you. By "we" we don't so much mean we here at Friendster. No, we like you and all, but really, to be honest, we're not all that close. No the "we" here are your real friends, the one you reconnected with through Friendster but have been ignoring as of late. They're the ones who are suffering. They're the ones who are crying late at night, screaming your name as they wait for you to contact them. Not to mention all the old high-school friends, college buddies and ex-es who are just hoping you reach out and find them. And the hiking partners, book groups and Wilco-heads who need you to discover them. It's them, the children, who are suffering. That's right, the children.

So come on back. We've made it easier for you, getting much faster and easier to navigate as we've grown. We won't judge. We're just here to help you. Help you help the children.

Thanks.

www.friendster.com

Oh, to make sure you keep getting these vaguely sarcastic emails, please add Friendster to your email address book now. If for no other reason than it will look cool to have Friendster in your address book.

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Subject: We Still Care

We miss you. There, we said it. It feels better. So we're going to do everything we can to bring you back to Friendster, all the way up to that John Cusack boom box Say Anything bit. So before it all comes to that, just come back to Friendster. We've already made it easier for you, getting much faster and clearer as we've grown. Now, in just minutes you can find people you've been wondering about: friends from summer camp, college roommates, high school buddies, cousins, people you used to date, people you wanted to date, these people you know, and don't know, are connected to each other and what a beautifully small world it really is. Or date, or help a friend find a date. We don't care. We just want you back in our lives. And we can tell you that you want the same thing. We can see it... in your eyes. The light, the heat. Your eyes, we feel complete. See, we told you.

Thanks.

www.friendster.com

Oh, to make sure you keep getting these vaguely sarcastic emails, please add Friendster to your email address book now. If for no other reason than it will look cool to have Friendster in your address book.

Valuation of Google Way Too High?

Valuation of Google Way Too High? 02/11/2004 11:03 PM
BeSpacific Feb 12 2004 3:17AM GMT

Decker's Unsustainable Valuation

Decker's Unsustainable Valuation 04/15/2004 01:11 PM
As shares of Decker's continue to soar, concerns about valuation and risk only increase.

Google Valuation Spreadsheet

Google Valuation Spreadsheet 08/02/2004 08:27 PM
Search Engine Lowdown Aug 3 2004 0:22AM GMT

Google's haughty valuation

Google's haughty valuation 07/27/2004 04:24 AM
Financial Post Jul 27 2004 8:26AM GMT

Sysco's Unsatisfying Valuation

Sysco's Unsatisfying Valuation 01/27/2004 02:56 PM
Sysco reports better Q3 earnings, but its valuation lacks meat.

Absurd Google valuation

Absurd Google valuation 05/08/2004 08:09 PM
Telegraph May 8 2004 11:26PM GMT

Google Bidders Grapple With Its
Valuation

Google Bidders Grapple With Its
Valuation 08/02/2004 06:10 AM
Biz.yahoo.com - Mon Aug 2, 08:32 am GMT

* Analysts await Google valuation

* Analysts await Google valuation 07/21/2004 06:15 AM
Taipeitimes.com - Wed Jul 21, 08:12 am GMT

Guessing on Google, how high will
valuation go?

Guessing on Google, how high will
valuation go? 05/07/2004 03:42 AM
stuff.co.nz May 7 2004 8:23AM GMT

Other News: Apple Stock Valuation

Other News: Apple Stock Valuation 05/19/2004 10:23 AM
Did you know that Apple's cash accounts represent more than 45 percent of its total market value?

Loan Portfolio Valuation Solution
Released

Loan Portfolio Valuation Solution
Released 02/15/2004 06:29 PM
Technology For Finance Feb 15 2004 10:12PM GMT

Guessing on Google, How High Will
Valuation Go? (Reuters)

Guessing on Google, How High Will
Valuation Go? (Reuters) 05/06/2004 06:53 PM
Reuters - Like the mathematical term that inspired its name, the valuation of Google Inc. is expected to amount to a very big number when it breaks new ground by selling an estimated $2.7 billion in stock through a Dutch auction of previously unseen size.

BT transforms phone network

BT transforms phone network 06/09/2004 10:40 AM
BT is to trial an internet protocol network, making broadband ubiquitous in the UK.

Internet transforms design community

Internet transforms design community 03/28/2005 11:18 AM
Rockymountainnews.com - Mon Mar 28, 09:40 am GMT

Internet transforms farming in India

Internet transforms farming in India 01/02/2004 09:30 AM
IHT Jan 2 2004 8:30AM ET

Technique transforms police lineups

Technique transforms police lineups 03/23/2005 12:30 PM
Boston Globe Mar 23 2005 3:19PM GMT

BEA transforms mobile apps with Alchemy

BEA transforms mobile apps with Alchemy 05/26/2004 03:16 PM

Internet transforms US adoption process

Internet transforms US adoption process 05/23/2004 02:57 PM
stuff.co.nz May 23 2004 5:30PM GMT

A sea of snapshots, a heterogenous world
of transforms

A sea of snapshots, a heterogenous world
of transforms 05/10/2004 10:10 AM
In my interview last week with John Shewchuk, one of the Indigo architects at Microsoft, I asked whether XML disciplines can or should model data, as well as exchange it. I like the answer John gives in this audio clip. There really isn't a primary data model, he suggests. (Note to self: Get over it!) Relational, object, and XML disciplines are just aspects of a relativistic universe of data. Very postmodern! ...

Geac Computer Corporation Ltd.:
Fundamentals Unchanged But Valuation
Discount Persists

Geac Computer Corporation Ltd.:
Fundamentals Unchanged But Valuation
Discount Persists 12/16/2003 12:27 PM
CIBC Dec 16 2003 12:22PM ET

Livewire: Internet Transforms Adoption
Process

Livewire: Internet Transforms Adoption
Process 05/19/2004 02:44 PM
Reuters May 19 2004 6:17PM GMT

Botswana [analysis]: e-Government
Transforms the Public Sector

Botswana [analysis]: e-Government
Transforms the Public Sector 04/23/2004 01:29 PM
AllAfrica.com Apr 23 2004 4:34PM GMT

Livewire: Internet Transforms Adoption
Process (Reuters)

Livewire: Internet Transforms Adoption
Process (Reuters) 05/22/2004 09:54 AM
Reuters - The Web has made it much easier for people to adopt children -- and for scam artists to prey on hopeful parents.

E-government transforms public sector
services, says researcher

E-government transforms public sector
services, says researcher 09/01/2004 02:40 AM
eTaiwanNews.com Sep 1 2004 6:33AM GMT

Inventing a new MSN: Broadband boom
transforms Microsoft's key Internet
product

Inventing a new MSN: Broadband boom
transforms Microsoft's key Internet
product 12/08/2003 04:36 AM
Seattle Times Dec 8 2003 4:19AM ET

Mars Rover Swiftly Transforms, Ready to
Roll (Reuters)

Mars Rover Swiftly Transforms, Ready to
Roll (Reuters) 01/10/2004 05:40 PM
Reuters - The U.S. robotic rover on Mars completed its transformation from folded landing craft to mobile explorer earlier than expected and may roll off its landing pad as early as Tuesday, scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said on Saturday.

Hormone Transforms Fat Cells from Foes
to Friends, Rat Study Suggests

Hormone Transforms Fat Cells from Foes
to Friends, Rat Study Suggests 02/10/2004 02:46 AM

Midwest Company Transforms Commercial
Roofs Into Money Saving Gardens.

Midwest Company Transforms Commercial
Roofs Into Money Saving Gardens. 08/27/2004 01:33 PM
Green Roof Blocks, a new company based in St. Louis, MO., has created an easy to install green roof system that reduces energy costs and increases the life of a commercial roof by up to four times. [PRWEB Aug 25, 2004]

Nanostream Transforms Veloce System into
Front-End Sample Preparation Tool for MS
or MS/MS

Nanostream Transforms Veloce System into
Front-End Sample Preparation Tool for MS
or MS/MS 06/17/2005 06:23 PM
Time-triggered fraction collector add-on to Veloce system lets users rapidly perform MS assays [PRWEB Jun 6, 2005]

Promixis Launches NetRemote 1.0 Series-
Transforms the Pocket PC into a
Multi-Function Remote Control

Promixis Launches NetRemote 1.0 Series-
Transforms the Pocket PC into a
Multi-Function Remote Control 12/31/2004 05:14 AM
NetRemote provides wireless and infrared control of digital media and home automation. [PRWEB Dec 31, 2004]
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