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Eich: Netscape's 1995 IPO broke precedent by listing unprofitably on speculation
“In the eighties, SGI had to have three profitable quarters before it could IPO, whereas Netscape just went on forward speculation and forward multiples, and it was not profitable.”
Lasky: Rocket Science Games was valued based on its Silicon Graphics workstations
“When I started, companies were being valued on the basis, on the number of silicon graphics workstations that they had available to them. In fact, When I started, companies were being valued on the basis, on the number of silicon graphics workstations that the…”