Question 1
Advantages and disadvantages of going public. Do these factors apply to twitter?
Advantages
Improves the company’s capital raising ability to fund future growth and acquisitions and pay down debts
Market develops a greater awareness of the company
Limited Liability for the shareholder
The business has a separate legal entity. There is continuity if any shareholders die
Taxation
Disadvantage
A lot of costly and time consuming legal formalities
Strict controls and regulation
May lose some control over company
Public Companies are big. So may face management problems such as slow decision making and industrial relation problems
The price and liquidity of the company’s shares may be affected by market conditions as a whole no matter how well the business is run.
These factors do apply to twitter but they do not effect twitter as much because twitter was a massive company before going public.
Compare the NASDAQ and the NYSE. Why did Twitter choose the NYSE to list their shares?
Two of the largest stock exchanges in the USA are NASDAQ and NYSE. They both use different trading tools. Trades on NASDAQ are entirely automated, the NYSE uses designated specialist for each stock who act as a human backstop in case something goes wrong with electronical trading. NASDAQ has made a name for its self as an exchange for successful technology companies such as Microsoft, Intel and Oracle. It is the 2nd largest Stock exchange in the world by market cap; NYSE is the largest.
But why did Twitter choose the NYSE to list their shares instead of the NASDAQ which deal with some of the largest tech companies in the world; One simply needs to look at the botched job by NASDAQ on the Facebook IPO. I don’t thin...
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The company faces intense competition for the clients that it serves and the products and services it offers. There has been significant consolidation as financial institutions with which the company competes have been acquired by or merged into or acquired other firms. For instance, in November 2010, The Charles Schwab Corporation acquired Windward Investment Management, Inc. for $150 million in cash and stock. In June 2009, TD Ameritrade completed the acquisition of thinkorswim Group Inc. thinkorswim is among the fastest growing online brokerage firms and has unique trading and investor education capabilities, particularly for the fastest growing segment of the industry-options trading. So, this acquisition underscores TD AMERITRADE's position as a successful industry consolidator. Consolidation in discount brokerage industry is creating larger rivals to compete with.
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In my opinion Tweeter has not positioned its APP strategy to gain a large market share of the core class of customer. If they do a better job of educating their core customer they will gain a larger share of the market possibly from Other Retailers (current market share 11.30%). With a 30% margin this can add up to $5,369,760 (11.30 x 475,200) to their bottom line per year.
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At the same time, NASDAQ, which has been divested by the NASD in 2000/2001, listed 2,934 stocks with total capitalization of $2.6 trillion. By June 2011, NYSE listing capitalization had grown to $13.791 trillion and NASDAQ listing capitalization totaled $4.968 trillion.” (TEALL, J. L.) “Traditionally, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the American Exchange (ASE or AMEX) were regarded as the two national exchanges in the U.S., but the NYSE acquired the ASE in 2008, incorporating its equity business into its own.” (TEALL, J.
...and investors to invest. No shareholder or investor wants to see that the company they are putting their money into is not performing as they had hoped. Furthermore, by having more investors AdCom will be able to expand its product lines and grow their company.
...s already have shown they can do better than Facebook's three billion dollar offer. Looking at the competition between social networks, social networking sites are constantly trying to keep its users engaged. Snapchat has the full attention of consumers. Snapchat has seen a lot of growth with the number of users using the application and this growth is shown in the increased use of mobile devices. Facebook is trying to make their network site more mobile. Facebook's problems could be the reason their trying to buy Snapchat out. Snapchat on the other hand is growing organically with no clear plans for future acquisitions. The company is growing very rapidly and the end is not yet in sight. Snapchat appears to be poised for a long, profitable run of growth in this market. In conclusion, Snapchat should officially decline the offer based on the evidence considered.
Being listed on a stock exchange has many advantages that a business owner of any size might consider as part of a businesses strategic plan. Moreover, when expansion and leveraging are on the business agenda, stock exchange listing can cast a wider net into the capitalization pool i.e. the potential sources of equity funding. (Berry, 2010: website)
The Internet boom of the 1990’s gave rise to the popularity of America Online AOL and Time Warner saw themselves at a crossroads where old and new media would become one. The histories of both AOL and Time Warner are extensive and have not always been successful. Time Warner itself was created by two mega-mergers. The first merger was in 1989 between Time Inc., publisher of many magazines such as Time Magazine, and Warner Communications. Both companies have histories stretching as far back as 75 years or so. In 1996, this company merged with Turner Broadcasting, which brought CNN with its founder Ted Turner. These two mergers created a company ready to lead in any form of media. The company launched the HBO television network. Time Warner, headquartered in New York, had $27.3 billion in revenues in 1999 and a market value of $112.6 billion. On the other side of the merger there is new media giant AOL, today the biggest, richest, and most successful internet company in the world. It was founded in 1985 as Quantum Computer Services and by 1994, after changing its name, had a million subscribers. In its early years, it almost fell because of the problems associated with introducing unlimited access for a fixed monthly fee. As its number of users increased, so did its capacity problems, which made many customers angry because they could not get a connection. The problem was solved when AOL made a deal with MCI WorldCom, which led merge with its rival CompuServe.
The overall company is well liked and admired, with the CEO receiving fantastic feedback as well as the employees. To support this, employees within Twitter have said, “Ready for IPO means good benefit + various projects + strong will for growth … People are awesome: we really care about each other … Fascinating food!” and, “Great food. Plenty of awesome people to collaborate with and learn from. Real sense of care of employees, and a great development environment” (Geekwire). These are only a few comments of the many fabricating the incredible care for employees and a great work environment. Everyone within Twitter collaborates enforcing people to care about concocting a flourishing company and not about their job titles.
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