Shortly after LinkedIn, the popular professional networking site, went public yesterday morning, its valuation hit $9 billion, even though the company only makes $15 million a year in profit. Have we taken a time machine back to 1999? Is LinkedIn's rocket stock evidence of a new tech bubble, about to be inflated further by likely IPOs from Groupon, Facebook, Zynga, and Twitter? Or is this a reasonable valuation, given pent-up investor demand, the company's strong fundamentals, and its capacity to grow?[more.
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LinkedIn is valued at $8.79 billion after its first day as a public company. Founder and chairman Reid Hoffman and friends are drinking champagne tonight, that is for sure. It is the highest valuation after and IPO of a tech company... Read Post
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