In the seventies and eighties, computers were still seen as something that a tech hobbyist would have in their house. In the early nineties, windows started making sense for people who had no tech background. The first time net scape went public was when its shares doubled on the first day it went public.
It’s not easy being a public company. Zendesk looks to go private, while acquisition battles continue to heat up.
(:21) Deidre Woollard and Jason Moser discuss:
- Stocks that could be prime acquisition targets. - JetBlue’s offer for Spirit Airlines.
- Venture capital drying up, and what that means for technology innovation.
Plus, (14:46) Alison Southwick and Robert Brokamp continue their series on past market declines with Morgan Housel, this time covering the dot-com bubble, and the lessons investors can pull two decades later.
Stocks mentioned: ZEN, SAVE, JBLU, ULCC, CSCO, OTLY, PTON, MSFT, IBM
Host: Deidre Woollard Guests: Jason Moser, Alison Southwick, Robert Brokamp, Morgan Housel Producer: Ricky Mulvey Engineers: Dan Boyd, Rick Engdahl
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