Comments on: RFID company Alien wants to be valued at half a billion — despite growing red ink http://venturebeat.com/2006/07/14/rfid-company-alien-wants-to-be-valued-at-half-a-billion-despite-growing-red-ink/ News About Tech, Money and Innovation Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:54:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Billion http://venturebeat.com/2006/07/14/rfid-company-alien-wants-to-be-valued-at-half-a-billion-despite-growing-red-ink/comment-page-1/#comment-4770 Billion Mon, 07 Aug 2006 23:54:26 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/vc/2006/07/14/rfid-company-alien-wants-to-be-valued-at-half-a-billion-despite-growing-red-ink/#comment-4770 <strong>Billion</strong> A second billion users will follow in the next ten years, bringing a dramatic change in worldwide usability needs.Wolfowitz acknowledged that, w... Billion

A second billion users will follow in the next ten years, bringing a dramatic change in worldwide usability needs.Wolfowitz acknowledged that, w…

]]> By: Weblog http://venturebeat.com/2006/07/14/rfid-company-alien-wants-to-be-valued-at-half-a-billion-despite-growing-red-ink/comment-page-1/#comment-4769 Weblog Wed, 02 Aug 2006 06:17:03 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/vc/2006/07/14/rfid-company-alien-wants-to-be-valued-at-half-a-billion-despite-growing-red-ink/#comment-4769 <strong>RFID Media's Abuzz with Alien's IPO Drama</strong> What will Alien do next? Though reportedly losing money on sales, Alien, which sells RFID chips that are embedded in products so that manufacturers, retailers and the military can more efficiently keep track of their goods, wants to be valued... RFID Media’s Abuzz with Alien’s IPO Drama

What will Alien do next? Though reportedly losing money on sales, Alien, which sells RFID chips that are embedded in products so that manufacturers, retailers and the military can more efficiently keep track of their goods, wants to be valued…

]]> By: S http://venturebeat.com/2006/07/14/rfid-company-alien-wants-to-be-valued-at-half-a-billion-despite-growing-red-ink/comment-page-1/#comment-4768 S Wed, 26 Jul 2006 08:38:53 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/vc/2006/07/14/rfid-company-alien-wants-to-be-valued-at-half-a-billion-despite-growing-red-ink/#comment-4768 As a former employee, FSA is tried and true. First use was displays, but there was little market and lots of technical difficulty. RFID was a better match to FSA. It can be done! As a former employee, FSA is tried and true. First use was displays, but there was little market and lots of technical difficulty. RFID was a better match to FSA. It can be done!

]]> By: JRT http://venturebeat.com/2006/07/14/rfid-company-alien-wants-to-be-valued-at-half-a-billion-despite-growing-red-ink/comment-page-1/#comment-4691 JRT Mon, 17 Jul 2006 09:57:55 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/vc/2006/07/14/rfid-company-alien-wants-to-be-valued-at-half-a-billion-despite-growing-red-ink/#comment-4691 Check out Alien's past (where did the first $100M go??)......I think they started in the display market.....it seems like they never made a go of it (wonder why????????) - but maybe I missed something. IMHO, this dog can't hunt.....but there are a lot of suckers out there looking to give their $$$ away. Also....look hard......is FSA really being used? Great concept........so is cold fusion. Check out Alien’s past (where did the first $100M go??)……I think they started in the display market…..it seems like they never made a go of it (wonder why????????) – but maybe I missed something.
IMHO, this dog can’t hunt…..but there are a lot of suckers out there looking to give their $$$ away.

Also….look hard……is FSA really being used? Great concept……..so is cold fusion.

]]> By: RNC http://venturebeat.com/2006/07/14/rfid-company-alien-wants-to-be-valued-at-half-a-billion-despite-growing-red-ink/comment-page-1/#comment-4690 RNC Mon, 17 Jul 2006 07:17:43 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/vc/2006/07/14/rfid-company-alien-wants-to-be-valued-at-half-a-billion-despite-growing-red-ink/#comment-4690 Let's just wait and see what happens in their legal battle with Intermec whose massive RFID-IP portfolio could further reduce revenues for this flailingly unfocused company. Philips licensed the FSA technology for possible use display technology, maybe Alien could pursue that market? Let’s just wait and see what happens in their legal battle with Intermec whose massive RFID-IP portfolio could further reduce revenues for this flailingly unfocused company. Philips licensed the FSA technology for possible use display technology, maybe Alien could pursue that market?

]]> By: MJ http://venturebeat.com/2006/07/14/rfid-company-alien-wants-to-be-valued-at-half-a-billion-despite-growing-red-ink/comment-page-1/#comment-4689 MJ Sat, 15 Jul 2006 08:04:39 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/vc/2006/07/14/rfid-company-alien-wants-to-be-valued-at-half-a-billion-despite-growing-red-ink/#comment-4689 Alien has continued to loss market share and they are to far underwater to rightup the ship. If Alien would have focused on working with their strategic partners and not sell direct to the clients they would have had a chance to control the price but that is too late. Alien should be considered a Junk Bond. Alien has continued to loss market share and they are to far underwater to rightup the ship. If Alien would have focused on working with their strategic partners and not sell direct to the clients they would have had a chance to control the price but that is too late. Alien should be considered a Junk Bond.

]]> By: RK http://venturebeat.com/2006/07/14/rfid-company-alien-wants-to-be-valued-at-half-a-billion-despite-growing-red-ink/comment-page-1/#comment-4688 RK Fri, 14 Jul 2006 13:21:25 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/vc/2006/07/14/rfid-company-alien-wants-to-be-valued-at-half-a-billion-despite-growing-red-ink/#comment-4688 I think the VC's want to collect, there $200M investment ASAP. They realize in EPC G2 Passive Tag market there is no money to be made which Alien is betting on, as a passive tag costs about 35 cents to build where as endusers such as P&G are willing to pay for it only 5 cents, also market is not getting the traction of billions or millions of tags yet, as customers are not able to realize ROI of this technology. On top of all this loss business, there are entrenched competitiors such as TI, Philips, and ST who own there own fabs and testing facility were they can backfill this product with high end DSP, MCU custom ASICs. Only IP Alien seem to have is FSA (Fluidic Self Assembly) which is used for packaging. So with all these barriers this is diffcult sell,of $500M in IPO. I think the VC’s want to collect, there $200M investment ASAP. They realize in EPC G2 Passive Tag market there is no money to be made which Alien is betting on, as a passive tag costs about 35 cents to build where as endusers such as P&G are willing to pay for it only 5 cents, also market is not getting the traction of billions or millions of tags yet, as customers are not able to realize ROI of this technology. On top of all this loss business, there are entrenched competitiors such as TI, Philips, and ST who own there own fabs and testing facility were they can backfill this product with high end DSP, MCU custom ASICs. Only IP Alien seem to have is FSA (Fluidic Self Assembly) which is used for packaging. So with all these barriers this is diffcult sell,of $500M in IPO.

]]> By: mike http://venturebeat.com/2006/07/14/rfid-company-alien-wants-to-be-valued-at-half-a-billion-despite-growing-red-ink/comment-page-1/#comment-4687 mike Fri, 14 Jul 2006 11:46:51 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/vc/2006/07/14/rfid-company-alien-wants-to-be-valued-at-half-a-billion-despite-growing-red-ink/#comment-4687 I think most people probably understand this without having to have it explained to them but, for those that don't, "cohones" is the phonetic spelling of "cojones" I think most people probably understand this without having to have it explained to them but, for those that don’t, “cohones” is the phonetic spelling of “cojones”

]]> By: Jorge http://venturebeat.com/2006/07/14/rfid-company-alien-wants-to-be-valued-at-half-a-billion-despite-growing-red-ink/comment-page-1/#comment-4686 Jorge Fri, 14 Jul 2006 11:04:42 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/vc/2006/07/14/rfid-company-alien-wants-to-be-valued-at-half-a-billion-despite-growing-red-ink/#comment-4686 Hay Ohmbray- What are cahones? Hay Ohmbray-

What are cahones?

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