Tom Taulli Quotes (23 Quotes)

From the wreckage of the bust we now have some fundamentally good companies.

From what I hear, it looks like a filing within the next six months can be anticipated. Expect more buzz from this company.

Seven years ago Buy.com had sizzle. But this doesn't have a lot of sizzle to it.

People could become tired of wrestling.

They are the same type of company. They know how to market themselves and sell their product.

As a public investor, if you've seen a company do a couple of dividend recapitalizations, be on warning. You may be getting a company that's crippled with debt.

I think this will be a volatile stock. Individual investors should be wary.

There's nothing here in terms of an operational business. It's a laboratory.

I don't think (the NYSE will) have any trouble raising money. The markets are anticipating this already. We've seen the seats on the exchange skyrocket.

In order for them to stay competitive, they'll have to invest a tremendous amount in marketing because we have on one hand Yahoo getting into it, and whenever Yahoo gets into a market it encourages everyone else to get into it. All other search engines, in my opinion, will start to come into this space.

With strong companies such as these opting not to go public, one can't help but wonder how accommodating the market is for tech issues. The IPO is no longer a reflex action, ... MA may be a better alternative. Companies are assessing whether they should try the IPO or take the cash, where they know they'll at least get something.

Today, investors are tapping into hype. But there needs to be a viable company at the end of the day.

It seems to me this is a big business that might do well

This is a volatile area. For long-term investors, it's never an easy place to make money.

The IPO market is always about the here and now, ... The good news lately has been in the commodities world.

I think the Cleveland Indians are looking at the IPO market and see that it is very hot right now.

There's definitely quite a few Cleveland Indians fans out there who have been loyal for a very long time, even though the Indians weren't doing very well, ... I think that will help the offering.

Lucas would be afraid of the Death Star that is the SEC,

They want to give themselves as many options as possible for liquidity.

While they're not saying, 'Come over here, you'll make a lot of money (by) short-term trading,' ultimately it's set up to do that.

It'll take time for old habits to break. But the more interactions with investors, the better. It's always better to get more investors interested in your company.

A lot of times with road shows, it's not what's being said, but how management says it, ... Will you get information that's not in the prospectus Probably not, but you'll get a better idea of who the management is and whether you have confidence in them.

Back in 1998 and 1999, you got a domain name that sounded cool, raised a lot of money, rolled the dice and hopefully something good would come out of it.