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		smnl on June 5, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Fred Wilson's response to "Paul Graham's Letter to... From the article: "That means that Facebook's enterprise value is greater than 10x current revenue run rate and greater than 25x EBITDA. These are big multiples folks. I am happy to take those numbers for any company out there." The bigger those multiples are, the more "overpriced" a company is, so it should actually be less attractive of an investment.

jtbigwoo on June 5, 2012 [–]

The bigger those multiples are, the more "overpriced" a company is, so it should actually be less attractive of an investment.

Right. The OP is considering the situation as a seller, not a buyer. He would be overjoyed if everything he sells is overpriced similarly.

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