54 Quotes by Ben Holmes

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    Is it pricey? Probably. But it may be a small price to pay if they keep growing at their present rate or even faster.

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    It would be difficult to sell it with their most recent period, which is a horrible result. Goldman Sachs is probably saying that this would be a tough story to tell on the road when you have a declining business, when the other investment banks are posting record numbers.

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    Anybody with a shopping cart, ball of twine and pen and paper could do an IPO in this market, ... Pulling your IPO due to market conditions is a pretty poor excuse - this market is as good as it gets.

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    Align is more of a speculative play, it's a young business and they are nowhere near profitability. But they have a unique product in a large marketplace.

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    This is going to be a tough sale. They're going to have to tap into their book of relationships to get this deal done.

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    This is an example of an experienced underwriter timing the deal in all but an absent market. They held back until they knew it was a good market to launch the IPO.

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    A lot of people were left holding the burning carcasses of those companies. We've learned a lot in the last few years. The market has become more selective.

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