54 Quotes by Ben Holmes

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

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.

People get crazy, and they lose sight of reality.

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.

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.

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.

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.

This is a patent they held since 2000, ... Why bring it now?

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.