Comments on: 15 billion freaking dollars? http://www.dangerouslyawesome.com/2007/10/25/15-billion-freaking-dollars/ development (tech and personal) thoughts of Alex Hillman Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:50:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Alex Hillman http://www.dangerouslyawesome.com/2007/10/25/15-billion-freaking-dollars/#comment-26229 Alex Hillman Fri, 02 Nov 2007 12:27:53 +0000 http://www.dangerouslyawesome.com/2007/10/25/15-billion-freaking-dollars/#comment-26229 <p>No, Marc...it was a 1.6%.</p> <p>the $15B VALUATION is an extrapolation of 240,000,000 (note, million) being 1.6% of the total value.</p> <p>My simple math (and remember, I suck at math and you are an engineer at Verizon) says that $15,000,000,000 * .016 = $240,000,000.</p> <p>But that doesn't mean the numbers are any more effed up. :-)</p> No, Marc…it was a 1.6%.

the $15B VALUATION is an extrapolation of 240,000,000 (note, million) being 1.6% of the total value.

My simple math (and remember, I suck at math and you are an engineer at Verizon) says that $15,000,000,000 * .016 = $240,000,000.

But that doesn’t mean the numbers are any more effed up. :-)

]]> By: Marc http://www.dangerouslyawesome.com/2007/10/25/15-billion-freaking-dollars/#comment-26226 Marc Fri, 02 Nov 2007 11:55:11 +0000 http://www.dangerouslyawesome.com/2007/10/25/15-billion-freaking-dollars/#comment-26226 <p>Microsoft bought a 16% stake. 240/.16=1500.</p> Microsoft bought a 16% stake. 240/.16=1500.

]]> By: Tom Markiewicz http://www.dangerouslyawesome.com/2007/10/25/15-billion-freaking-dollars/#comment-25211 Tom Markiewicz Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:32:52 +0000 http://www.dangerouslyawesome.com/2007/10/25/15-billion-freaking-dollars/#comment-25211 <p>Great analogy! BTW, I'm still waiting for that Gmail IMAP... I look forward to hearing about any issues you run into.</p> Great analogy! BTW, I’m still waiting for that Gmail IMAP… I look forward to hearing about any issues you run into.

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