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by Lanari 3781 days ago
No one else would value Periscope at $100M other than Twitter, it's just was the perfect fit for Twitter. The same for Facebook valuing Whatsapp at $20B after agreeing to not sell ads on it, it was a perfect fit for them for shadow profiles...

It's the same for individuals, some rich guy would pay millions of dollars for a piece of art while it's just a piece of crap for another rich guy.
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hayksaakian 3781 days ago
would it be in their shareholders interest to pay much more than the market value of their company?

if nobody else would be willing to pay half as much, isn't someone to blame for overpaying? are there any consequences for this?

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tyre 3781 days ago
That depends on the founders' willingness to sell.

What the market will pay isn't equal to the price at which the owners will sell. It may have taken a large amount for them to sell at all, with Twitter being the only one to whom such a price was "worth it."

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