Comments on: How Long Does it Take to Build a Technology Empire? http://www.ipo-dashboards.com/wordpress/2009/08/how-long-does-it-take-to-build-a-technology-empire/ all about ipos Mon, 26 Apr 2010 20:29:32 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Cybercrime As A Service — exploitscience.org http://www.ipo-dashboards.com/wordpress/2009/08/how-long-does-it-take-to-build-a-technology-empire/comment-page-2/#comment-468 Cybercrime As A Service — exploitscience.org Mon, 29 Mar 2010 03:48:02 +0000 http://ipo-dashboards.com/?p=365#comment-468 [...] The current estimate is that 153 million card numbers were stolen as part of the breaches at TJ Maxx, OfficeMax, Heartland; and a few others. The people at Kaspersky Lab’s say that card numbers sell for $2-6 USD.  If we pick a number right in the middle (4) that would be $612 Million if you assume all cards were sold. Like any other business, these guys have overhead and various other expenses.  Also, not all members of the ‘gang’ were paid equally.  Some guys, like Stephan Watt, did not even participate but merely provided a sniffer to Albert for a fee. They even had a guy (Humza Zaman) to launder the money who was also paid for his time. Out of the 11 people listed in the case, only 4 had active roles in the actual hacking.  So we cannot assume each person was paid equally.  Either way, it works out to a fairly nice sum of money for a few years work.  Moreover, there is not a single Security company today that has had such explosive revenue growth during their.... [...] [...] The current estimate is that 153 million card numbers were stolen as part of the breaches at TJ Maxx, OfficeMax, Heartland; and a few others. The people at Kaspersky Lab’s say that card numbers sell for $2-6 USD.  If we pick a number right in the middle (4) that would be $612 Million if you assume all cards were sold. Like any other business, these guys have overhead and various other expenses.  Also, not all members of the ‘gang’ were paid equally.  Some guys, like Stephan Watt, did not even participate but merely provided a sniffer to Albert for a fee. They even had a guy (Humza Zaman) to launder the money who was also paid for his time. Out of the 11 people listed in the case, only 4 had active roles in the actual hacking.  So we cannot assume each person was paid equally.  Either way, it works out to a fairly nice sum of money for a few years work.  Moreover, there is not a single Security company today that has had such explosive revenue growth during their…. [...]

]]> By: What can you do in 12 years? « The Peregrin Pages http://www.ipo-dashboards.com/wordpress/2009/08/how-long-does-it-take-to-build-a-technology-empire/comment-page-1/#comment-467 What can you do in 12 years? « The Peregrin Pages Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:11:05 +0000 http://ipo-dashboards.com/?p=365#comment-467 [...] Build 3 technology empires making over 50 million dollars a year each.  (Link) [...] [...] Build 3 technology empires making over 50 million dollars a year each.  (Link) [...]

]]> By: Building Rome « Maroon CFO http://www.ipo-dashboards.com/wordpress/2009/08/how-long-does-it-take-to-build-a-technology-empire/comment-page-1/#comment-466 Building Rome « Maroon CFO Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:36:22 +0000 http://ipo-dashboards.com/?p=365#comment-466 [...] rule of thumb is that is takes around 10 years.  Evidence seems to support this – see the attached study of NASDAQ listed technology [...] [...] rule of thumb is that is takes around 10 years.  Evidence seems to support this – see the attached study of NASDAQ listed technology [...]

]]> By: Christian Chabot http://www.ipo-dashboards.com/wordpress/2009/08/how-long-does-it-take-to-build-a-technology-empire/comment-page-1/#comment-461 Christian Chabot Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:36:06 +0000 http://ipo-dashboards.com/?p=365#comment-461 Jeff - Yes there is another post of it below which includes the "Download" link in the lower right corner. That will let you open the document in Tableau Public (a free edition of Tableau) which has all the data as well as the visualization. Enjoy. http://www.tableausoftware.com/public/gallery/taleof100 Jeff – Yes there is another post of it below which includes the “Download” link in the lower right corner. That will let you open the document in Tableau Public (a free edition of Tableau) which has all the data as well as the visualization. Enjoy.

http://www.tableausoftware.com/public/gallery/taleof100

]]> By: Jeff Levy http://www.ipo-dashboards.com/wordpress/2009/08/how-long-does-it-take-to-build-a-technology-empire/comment-page-1/#comment-456 Jeff Levy Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:57:29 +0000 http://ipo-dashboards.com/?p=365#comment-456 Very cool analysis. Just curious - do you have the workbook/data to share? It might be interesting to look at indexing this to the amount and timing of their financing. I'm wondering how this variable - the ease of raising successive rounds of funding - influenced their growth rate. Very cool analysis. Just curious – do you have the workbook/data to share? It might be interesting to look at indexing this to the amount and timing of their financing. I’m wondering how this variable – the ease of raising successive rounds of funding – influenced their growth rate.

]]> By: Another View: The Challenges of Time for Start-Ups - DealBook Blog - NYTimes.com http://www.ipo-dashboards.com/wordpress/2009/08/how-long-does-it-take-to-build-a-technology-empire/comment-page-1/#comment-444 Another View: The Challenges of Time for Start-Ups - DealBook Blog - NYTimes.com Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:58:20 +0000 http://ipo-dashboards.com/?p=365#comment-444 [...] IPO Dashboards, Christian Chabot wrote a post called “How Long Does it Take to Build a Technology Empire?” in which he studied the top hundred publicly traded software companies to determine how long it [...] [...] IPO Dashboards, Christian Chabot wrote a post called “How Long Does it Take to Build a Technology Empire?” in which he studied the top hundred publicly traded software companies to determine how long it [...]

]]> By: Michael Ewens http://www.ipo-dashboards.com/wordpress/2009/08/how-long-does-it-take-to-build-a-technology-empire/comment-page-1/#comment-433 Michael Ewens Fri, 11 Dec 2009 03:22:47 +0000 http://ipo-dashboards.com/?p=365#comment-433 Here it is: http://michaelewens.com/research/ I don't frequent this blog, so I forgot to post it. Here it is:

http://michaelewens.com/research/

I don’t frequent this blog, so I forgot to post it.

]]> By: Hard Data Shows Why Most Software Company Hockey Stick Projections are Wrong | The ChubbyBrain Blog http://www.ipo-dashboards.com/wordpress/2009/08/how-long-does-it-take-to-build-a-technology-empire/comment-page-1/#comment-431 Hard Data Shows Why Most Software Company Hockey Stick Projections are Wrong | The ChubbyBrain Blog Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:58:46 +0000 http://ipo-dashboards.com/?p=365#comment-431 [...] will occassionally share relevant analytics created by others with you.  The above come from an analysis by Christian Chabot of Tableau [...] [...] will occassionally share relevant analytics created by others with you.  The above come from an analysis by Christian Chabot of Tableau [...]

]]> By: Varun Arora http://www.ipo-dashboards.com/wordpress/2009/08/how-long-does-it-take-to-build-a-technology-empire/comment-page-1/#comment-429 Varun Arora Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:01:15 +0000 http://ipo-dashboards.com/?p=365#comment-429 Michael Ewens, is your paper done yet? September's come and gone... :-) - Varun. Michael Ewens, is your paper done yet? September’s come and gone… :-)

- Varun.

]]> By: Christian Chabot http://www.ipo-dashboards.com/wordpress/2009/08/how-long-does-it-take-to-build-a-technology-empire/comment-page-1/#comment-427 Christian Chabot Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:15:14 +0000 http://ipo-dashboards.com/?p=365#comment-427 To the commentators asking if the study is obviated by the exclusion of Google and Yahoo which are considered media companies not software companies...well the answer is "No, it is not obviated." This is a study of the software industry, one of the most important technology sectors in our economy and one that is well defined by major stock indices and industry analysts. Companies in that specific industry primarily make money by selling access to s0ftware, not advertising. So Salesforce is included but Google is not. So for the purpose of studying the software industry and how it works, the sample above is a very good one indeed (the top 100). Of course a fun follow on study would be to examine media companies too. To the commentators asking if the study is obviated by the exclusion of Google and Yahoo which are considered media companies not software companies…well the answer is “No, it is not obviated.” This is a study of the software industry, one of the most important technology sectors in our economy and one that is well defined by major stock indices and industry analysts. Companies in that specific industry primarily make money by selling access to s0ftware, not advertising. So Salesforce is included but Google is not. So for the purpose of studying the software industry and how it works, the sample above is a very good one indeed (the top 100). Of course a fun follow on study would be to examine media companies too.

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