Chapter 389: A Mess of Fire!
Yahoo Inc.'s IPO, with a total share capital of $1 billion, issued 200 million shares at an issue price of $50 per share and a pre-IPO valuation of $50 billion.
There are few such large IPOs in the United States, and more than a dozen financial institutions such as Wells Fargo, HSBC, JPMorgan Bank, and Goldman Sachs Bank serve as lead underwriters.
Li Zetian came to the NASDAQ again.
Why do you say "again"?
Because he's been to the NASDAQ too many times......
In the eyes of outsiders, ringing the bell on the NASDAQ is sacred, proud, and proud, but in Li Zetian's view, it is no different from drinking boiled water.
If Li Zetian wants, he can come to NASDAQ and ring the bell 100 times!
After going through the various processes, the NASDAQ just opened, and Yahoo Inc.'s stock ticker appeared on the stock market for the first time.
As soon as the market opened, Yahoo stock was immediately robbed by shareholders!
Yes!
Grab as many as you want!
Investors have been preparing for a long time and are trying their best to buy, almost crazy.
Internet concept stocks are too hot in the United States, and Yahoo is the largest website in the Internet, and it relies on advertising business, with an annual profit of more than $10 million!
Don't look at the profit of only 10 million US dollars, but you must know that there are so many Internet companies nowadays, it is almost rare to be profitable, and most companies are burning money. Burning money is the current characteristic of Internet companies. At present, the number of Internet users in the world is only more than 30 million, but the global population is 5 or 6 billion, and the development space of the Internet is huge, so everyone is optimistic about the future development of Internet companies.
Yahoo is one of the most outstanding and best-performing companies, so once listed, it is also the most sought after by investors and stockholders.
In less than an hour, Yahoo shares rose 20% to $60 per share, bringing the market value to $60 billion.
This upward trend is too fierce and unexpected by all.
Wall Street can't help but be crazy and shocked!
Many people estimate that by the end of the day, Yahoo's market capitalization could exceed $100 billion.
The media was astonishing.
"Shocking !! Yahoo's IPO may break the $100 billion mark on the first day of its IPO!"
"Yahoo goes public, creating an IPO myth!"
"Yahoo went public, the rise is amazing, and Internet concept stocks are hot again!"
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The peers who are concerned about Yahoo's listing are all happy, and although their website is not as good as Yahoo, it is also an Internet company. Yahoo went public and had such a high market capitalization, so when its website was listed, it would be at least billions of dollars.
"Haha, the opportunity to make a fortune has arrived! My website has hundreds of thousands of traffic, and I am famous, and if I go public, I will become a billionaire!"
At this moment, the bosses of website companies are thinking about taking their companies public.
It's very easy to build a website, and you can invest millions of dollars, or even hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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On this day, many people's emotions have been agitated with the fluctuations in Yahoo's stock price.
When the Nasdaq closed, Yahoo had a market capitalization of $100 billion, reaching $115 billion, as everyone had expected.
Investors can't close their mouths with joy, because they buy Yahoo shares and make a lot of money!
Li Zetian was slightly surprised, he never expected Yahoo's market value to be so high. At first, he estimated that Yahoo's market value would be $10 billion.
It can be seen how much everyone is interested in Internet companies!!
The next day, Yahoo made headlines in major newspapers and became a global sensation.
Yahoo's success has spurred countless people, and needless to say, the number of websites is sure to increase exponentially in the coming period!
The idea of getting rich overnight breeds in the minds of many people!
In addition, countless venture capital firms have taken action. As long as it is an Internet website, as long as there is a little traffic, it has become the object of their investment.
All of a sudden, countless website companies bought up the mail or phone of the investment company.
This can't help but make these sites ecstatic.
A week later, dozens of websites had received venture funding.
Venture capital likes website companies so much, which can't help but set off another wave of entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley, and even people who work as waiters in supermarkets have resolutely quit their jobs and started working on websites.
During this period, 25,000 websites were launched.
Telecom companies have also become more confident in the Internet and have invested heavily in accelerating the laying of optical fibers.
A month later, it was Amazon.com's turn to go public, with a pre-IPO valuation of $32 billion.
Since Yahoo is a successful example, Amazon.com's stock is also highly sought after.
At the close of the day, Amazon.com had a market capitalization of $63 billion.
The successful launch of Amazon.com has made global e-commerce websites boom, and countless followers have sprung up everywhere.
Half a month later, the TripAdvisor website was launched.
Li Zetian, Bill Gates, and Warren Buffett came to the NASDAQ together.
The appearance of the three together caused a huge sensation in the media, and shareholders were even more encouraged.
"The TripAdvisor website is so powerful, the three major shareholders behind it are not simple, not only the world's richest man Chronosli, but also Microsoft CEO Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, with them, TripAdvisor must be very promising!"
"Yes, I'm also very optimistic about TripAdvisor!"
"Waiting for Tripadvisor to go public!! hehe, I mortgaged my house and raised millions of dollars!"
"I'll go, the netizens upstairs are awesome, they're so bold, I quickly sold the car and used it to buy stocks!"
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TripAdvisor has grown to become the world's largest travel website, with more than 4 million registered users and countless hotels, restaurants and attractions on five continents.
There are quite a few people who think that Tripadvisor is worth more than Amazon.com.
TripAdvisor's IPO, with a total share capital of 1 billion, issued 200 million shares at $22 per share, and a pre-IPO valuation of $22 billion.
As soon as the stock market opened, Tripadvisor, like Yahoo and Amazon, was robbed by stockholders.
By the end of the day, TripAdvisor's stock price had risen to $55, giving it a market capitalization of $55 billion.
After the listing of Yahoo, Amazon, and Tripadvisor, Internet concept stocks have become a hot mess in the United States, and investors, shareholders, and entrepreneurs have begun to become blind, and some people are willing to invest in a website with no development potential, and the Internet bubble is becoming more and more serious. No one notices this, though.
Li Zetian watched from the sidelines, and no one knew better than him what the Internet bubble was all about.
But he didn't say it, but chose to make a fortune in silence.
There are more websites waiting for him to create, and then take advantage of the popularity of Internet concept stocks to list the company and make money. If you want to take the company back, you can wait until the dot-com bubble bursts and then buy back the shares at a low price.
In the evening, Li Zetian sat alone in the study and began to write a planning book.
ebay。
PayPal.
linkedinLinkedIn.
Blog.
For the time being, Li Zetian has only written four.
First of all, eBay was established in 1995 in the previous life, and now it is 1994, regardless of the butterfly effect, anyway, Li Zetian decided to develop it in advance.
eBay is an online auction and shopping site that allows people around the world to buy and sell items online, and it is very popular in the United States and is growing rapidly. How it earns money:
1. A listing fee (ranging from $0.25 to $800) is charged for each auction.
2. Another transaction fee (ranging from 7~13% of the transaction price) will be charged to each auction that has been concluded.
As for PayPal, it is a third-party payment software like Alipay in China.
At present, e-commerce has become mature, and third-party payment software has the soil to grow. Although there is an online bank, it is not convenient enough. It is important to know that not every user has a bank designated by the website. If Amazon doesn't support those small banks, how can users of these small banks shop on Amazon?
As we all know, there are so many banks in the United States, especially local banks.
PayPal's mission is to work exclusively with various large and small banks, and users only need to use PayPal when shopping. Moreover, PayPal can integrate internationally popular credit cards, debit cards, electronic checks and other payment methods to help buyers and sellers solve payment problems in various transaction processes, and can easily complete overseas payments and payments.
It can be said that PayPal is the fastest way for users to choose a means of payment!
As for LinkedIn, it is a professional networking site, which was also very popular in the previous life, and its global membership exceeded the 500 million mark! The purpose of the website is to allow registered users to maintain contacts they know and trust in business interactions, commonly known as "connections".
As for the blog, it was also very popular for a while.
Later Twitter or Weibo evolved on the basis of blogs.
The next day, Li Zetian handed over the plan he had written to Dongfang Yuqin and asked her to send someone to register and form a company.
After Dongfang Yuqin read Li Zetian's plan, she was stunned and couldn't come back to her senses for a long time.
"mrli, these four planning books of yours are really shocking! each one is different, but they are all very promising! And I think you seem to have written these four ideas in just one night, mrli, you are really a genius, no one can compare!" Dongfang Yuqin sighed, at this moment, she couldn't help but feel sorry for those Internet competitors, because it was really tragic to live in the same era as Li Zetian, and she could only live in the shadow of Li Zetian forever, bleak.
Both Shengyu and He Shengliang!
Li Zetian hugged Dongfang Yuqin's plump and soft body at this time, and said with a smile: "How talented I am, you didn't just know it today, hurry up and let people establish the company, I plan to take advantage of the Internet bubble to push them to the market!"
"Well, okay, I understand!" Dongfang Yuqin nodded.
So, Dongfang Yuqin picked up the phone and started working.
There are many developers in the United States, and as long as they have money, they don't have to worry about finding people.
Within a month, four companies, eBay, PayPal, LinkedIn, and blogging, were quietly established. And with a large number of Internet companies being born every day, these four companies are not going to attract attention.
At the beginning of the company's establishment, it is natural to keep a low profile to prevent other companies from following suit.
Every other week, Li Zetian will learn about the progress of the project development of these four companies, which is expected to be completed by March next year. At that time, it will be a sensation in the entire industry, and the name of chronosli will become synonymous with the entire Internet!!