Yesterday Henry Blodget unveiled the new SAI 25 which values the top 25 startups. At the top of the list was Facebook, bringing in a valuation of $9 billion. Didn’t Microsoft value Facebook at $15 billion though? Well yes but as most people know, Microsoft over-valued Facebook. So how about the other Silicon Valley darling, Twitter?
Silicon Alley Insider valued the company at a measly $75,000. The companies are also pegged to the Nasdaq and have valuations updated in real-time via the SAI 25 Live. Many of the valuations are way off the mark and many have no realistic basis. It’s a great attempt though.
As Erick Schonfeld points out, “SAI gets at its $125 million valuation for Digg by “splitting the difference†between a $200 million buyout rumor we reported and the $60-to-$80 million that Kara Swisher came up with. Splitting the difference between two rumors is not exactly the height of financial analysis.”
Regardless of the varying valuations, Blodget has definitely furthered the game of estimating private startups in the Valley. It’s a fun game but nobody will win until the startups get acquired.
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Typo: SAI valued Twitter at $75million, not $75,000.
Comment by Jon — April 29, 2008 @ 7:49 am
I have decided to make it my personal mission to ban all commentary on anything Henry Blodget predicts. Seriously, not only is he never in the ballpark, but he doesn't even get in the same universe as reality. He is a linkbaiter and rumor mongerer and that is about all.$2,000 Google stocks? Remember those? Yeah, neither do I.
Comment by Andrew C — April 29, 2008 @ 9:17 am
I cetainly think that this vaulation will differ dramatically once the analyst understand the true nature and drive that twitter type model has in comparison to facebook. But it certainly has the right to be a contender at this stage of the game
Comment by Azzam — April 29, 2008 @ 9:33 am
I have decided to make it my personal mission to ban all commentary on anything Henry Blodget predicts. Seriously, not only is he never in the ballpark, but he doesn't even get in the same universe as reality. He is a linkbaiter and rumor mongerer and that is about all.
$2,000 Google stocks? Remember those? Yeah, neither do I.
Comment by Andrew C — April 29, 2008 @ 10:17 am
I think you may have misread Twitter's value in the chart. As of now it seems to be $75M, not $75K.
Comment by Marty Schwimmer — April 29, 2008 @ 10:35 am
Correction: He valued Tweeter at 75,000,(000).
Comment by Kelly Kampen — April 29, 2008 @ 8:07 pm
No doubt Blodgett was discredited during the .com implosion. But it's always interesting to read any contribution to 2.0 valuation theory.
Nick, you must be inspired by the valuation for Huffington Post. You too can be a millionaire blogger!
Just an FYI: SAI values Twitter (a "contender") at $75 million. It's easily confused as the real-time valuation figures are in thousands.
Comment by David R. Strachan — April 30, 2008 @ 5:57 am
No doubt Blodgett was discredited during the .com implosion. But it’s always interesting to read any contribution to 2.0 valuation theory.
Nick, you must be inspired by the valuation for Huffington Post. You too can be a millionaire blogger!
Just an FYI: SAI values Twitter (a “contender”) at $75 million. It’s easily confused as the real-time valuation figures are in thousands.
Comment by David R. Strachan — April 30, 2008 @ 8:57 am