Comments on: Women’s fashion network Glam raises $18.5 million at whopping valuation http://venturebeat.com/2006/12/14/womens-fashion-network-glam-raises-19-million-at-whopping-valuation/ News About Tech, Money and Innovation Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:10:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Erica http://venturebeat.com/2006/12/14/womens-fashion-network-glam-raises-19-million-at-whopping-valuation/comment-page-1/#comment-798038 Erica Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:31:18 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2006/12/14/womens-fashion-network-glam-raises-19-million-at-whopping-valuation/#comment-798038 Good for Glam...I love the website Good for Glam…I love the website

]]> By: VentureBeat » Glam still raising up to $200 in cash and debt, announcement coming soon http://venturebeat.com/2006/12/14/womens-fashion-network-glam-raises-19-million-at-whopping-valuation/comment-page-1/#comment-765802 VentureBeat » Glam still raising up to $200 in cash and debt, announcement coming soon Fri, 01 Feb 2008 06:15:45 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2006/12/14/womens-fashion-network-glam-raises-19-million-at-whopping-valuation/#comment-765802 [...] million, not more. Even that is high, considering Glam is mere four years old and was valued at $150 million a year ago. (Though IGN, a men’s/gaming site comparable to Glam in size, was purchased by Fox for $650 [...] [...] million, not more. Even that is high, considering Glam is mere four years old and was valued at $150 million a year ago. (Though IGN, a men’s/gaming site comparable to Glam in size, was purchased by Fox for $650 [...]

]]> By: Glam: #1 network for women http://venturebeat.com/2006/12/14/womens-fashion-network-glam-raises-19-million-at-whopping-valuation/comment-page-1/#comment-367904 Glam: #1 network for women Sun, 08 Jul 2007 02:03:04 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2006/12/14/womens-fashion-network-glam-raises-19-million-at-whopping-valuation/#comment-367904 [...] Accel Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, WaldenVC, and Information Capital, the company had a valuation of $150 million after the last $18.5 million Series C round in December [...] [...] Accel Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, WaldenVC, and Information Capital, the company had a valuation of $150 million after the last $18.5 million Series C round in December [...]

]]> By: Le donne e il web (2.0 o 1.0 che sia) http://venturebeat.com/2006/12/14/womens-fashion-network-glam-raises-19-million-at-whopping-valuation/comment-page-1/#comment-7559 Le donne e il web (2.0 o 1.0 che sia) Fri, 12 Jan 2007 10:47:07 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2006/12/14/womens-fashion-network-glam-raises-19-million-at-whopping-valuation/#comment-7559 [...] Glam Media, sito web a target prettamente femminile che vanta 7 milioni di accessi unici al mese ha raccolto 18.5 milioni di dollari da venture capitalist ultimamente, portando il suo "budget" a 30 milioni di dollari, cifra davvero notevole per una società relativamente giovane... [...] [...] Glam Media, sito web a target prettamente femminile che vanta 7 milioni di accessi unici al mese ha raccolto 18.5 milioni di dollari da venture capitalist ultimamente, portando il suo “budget” a 30 milioni di dollari, cifra davvero notevole per una società relativamente giovane… [...]

]]> By: Matt Marshall http://venturebeat.com/2006/12/14/womens-fashion-network-glam-raises-19-million-at-whopping-valuation/comment-page-1/#comment-7279 Matt Marshall Sun, 17 Dec 2006 14:39:39 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2006/12/14/womens-fashion-network-glam-raises-19-million-at-whopping-valuation/#comment-7279 I'll be talking with them more in January. Mike, yes, the trojan horse shopping angle might cleverer than I realized. I’ll be talking with them more in January. Mike, yes, the trojan horse shopping angle might cleverer than I realized.

]]> By: VentureBeat Wire » Women’s fashion network Glam raises $18.5 million at whopping valuation http://venturebeat.com/2006/12/14/womens-fashion-network-glam-raises-19-million-at-whopping-valuation/comment-page-1/#comment-7251 VentureBeat Wire » Women’s fashion network Glam raises $18.5 million at whopping valuation Fri, 15 Dec 2006 15:14:09 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2006/12/14/womens-fashion-network-glam-raises-19-million-at-whopping-valuation/#comment-7251 [...] See our story here. VentureBeat Community [...] [...] See our story here. VentureBeat Community [...]

]]> By: Traffic is Magical » Wisdump http://venturebeat.com/2006/12/14/womens-fashion-network-glam-raises-19-million-at-whopping-valuation/comment-page-1/#comment-7246 Traffic is Magical » Wisdump Fri, 15 Dec 2006 09:55:06 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2006/12/14/womens-fashion-network-glam-raises-19-million-at-whopping-valuation/#comment-7246 [...] For more information on the Glam investment checkout Venture Beat which reports that in total they have received over $30 million in investments. Stunning. [...] [...] For more information on the Glam investment checkout Venture Beat which reports that in total they have received over $30 million in investments. Stunning. [...]

]]> By: Leon http://venturebeat.com/2006/12/14/womens-fashion-network-glam-raises-19-million-at-whopping-valuation/comment-page-1/#comment-7245 Leon Fri, 15 Dec 2006 09:38:35 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2006/12/14/womens-fashion-network-glam-raises-19-million-at-whopping-valuation/#comment-7245 Glam may be a top 10 women's site as sited by the article, but its Alexa ranking is barely top 10,000. About 100 reach per million users. The $150M valuation gives them $1.5M valuation for 1 out of 1 million Internet users. In another word, each US woman (or man) daily visitor to the site is valued at about $10,000 (at least a few thousand dollars). An unusually high growth rate must have been assumed to make the numbers right. (I am not predicting whether Glam can achieve that kind of growth rate or not.) The site is glamorously designed. But its content, at least at the first look, is also highly and obviously commercialized. Glam may be a top 10 women’s site as sited by the article, but its Alexa ranking is barely top 10,000. About 100 reach per million users.

The $150M valuation gives them $1.5M valuation for 1 out of 1 million Internet users. In another word, each US woman (or man) daily visitor to the site is valued at about $10,000 (at least a few thousand dollars).

An unusually high growth rate must have been assumed to make the numbers right. (I am not predicting whether Glam can achieve that kind of growth rate or not.)

The site is glamorously designed. But its content, at least at the first look, is also highly and obviously commercialized.

]]> By: Ashley http://venturebeat.com/2006/12/14/womens-fashion-network-glam-raises-19-million-at-whopping-valuation/comment-page-1/#comment-7244 Ashley Fri, 15 Dec 2006 03:21:33 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2006/12/14/womens-fashion-network-glam-raises-19-million-at-whopping-valuation/#comment-7244 Innotate– I agree completely! We women ARE being under marketed to- but I am a corprate slave but admit to having guilty pleasures (chocolotae, the dish you know) so did not care about the lowbrow remark. BTW Glam feels like they are doing it right to me. Why? Take a look at all the print magazines we all read- InStyle, Vogue, Marie Claire, Domino. Their websites are LAME. Yet they have so many advertisers- last September Vogue was thicker than the BIBLE!!! So if the geeks that watch YouTube all day or digg or whatever feel j$1.6B buyout by Google for a site that does not even make their own content and has zero revenue is justified and iVillage sold to NBC for $700 million, then I think Glam will certainly do better than them. Why? When I was at AOL Steve Case said- it's the subscription Stupid- in this case It's the CPM's stupid. Do the math- as a media buyer in an agency- at $20-$200 (clickz says) eCPM's, Glam sounds like a $100's million company. I wonder why did the did such a big raise then, may be they see something like YouTube or Google did early on- but it does sound odd. e-commerce, a big deal like Google-AOL, buying Digg? Innotate– I agree completely! We women ARE being under marketed to- but I am a corprate slave but admit to having guilty pleasures (chocolotae, the dish you know) so did not care about the lowbrow remark.

BTW Glam feels like they are doing it right to me. Why? Take a look at all the print magazines we all read- InStyle, Vogue, Marie Claire, Domino. Their websites are LAME. Yet they have so many advertisers- last September Vogue was thicker than the BIBLE!!! So if the geeks that watch YouTube all day or digg or whatever feel j$1.6B buyout by Google for a site that does not even make their own content and has zero revenue is justified and iVillage sold to NBC for $700 million, then I think Glam will certainly do better than them.

Why?

When I was at AOL Steve Case said- it’s the subscription Stupid- in this case It’s the CPM’s stupid. Do the math- as a media buyer in an agency- at $20-$200 (clickz says) eCPM’s, Glam sounds like a $100’s million company. I wonder why did the did such a big raise then, may be they see something like YouTube or Google did early on- but it does sound odd. e-commerce, a big deal like Google-AOL, buying Digg?

]]> By: Groundhog http://venturebeat.com/2006/12/14/womens-fashion-network-glam-raises-19-million-at-whopping-valuation/comment-page-1/#comment-7237 Groundhog Thu, 14 Dec 2006 22:34:30 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2006/12/14/womens-fashion-network-glam-raises-19-million-at-whopping-valuation/#comment-7237 If it's an e-commerce site, that implies valuations in the range of 1.5-2x trailing revs. You'd have to assume some significant advertising component to come close to that valution (unles we really think they are doing $75 MM in e-commerce revs). If it’s an e-commerce site, that implies valuations in the range of 1.5-2x trailing revs. You’d have to assume some significant advertising component to come close to that valution (unles we really think they are doing $75 MM in e-commerce revs).

]]> By: innonate » More about Women and the Net http://venturebeat.com/2006/12/14/womens-fashion-network-glam-raises-19-million-at-whopping-valuation/comment-page-1/#comment-7236 innonate » More about Women and the Net Thu, 14 Dec 2006 22:06:46 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2006/12/14/womens-fashion-network-glam-raises-19-million-at-whopping-valuation/#comment-7236 [...] More evidence of people “getting” this came today, as VentureBeat reported that fashion network Glam Media raised another $18.5 million at a valuation of a staggering $150 million. What made this interesting to me was that the CNET author and I agreed that women were being under-marketed to in the online space, but not in lowbrow areas such as fashion and gossip. With sites like Glam, PopSugar, and a whole host of other women-oriented site, she and I agreed that where women are really being under-served is in the web app space, and specifically in the practical and useful web app space. [...] [...] More evidence of people “getting” this came today, as VentureBeat reported that fashion network Glam Media raised another $18.5 million at a valuation of a staggering $150 million. What made this interesting to me was that the CNET author and I agreed that women were being under-marketed to in the online space, but not in lowbrow areas such as fashion and gossip. With sites like Glam, PopSugar, and a whole host of other women-oriented site, she and I agreed that where women are really being under-served is in the web app space, and specifically in the practical and useful web app space. [...]

]]> By: Nate http://venturebeat.com/2006/12/14/womens-fashion-network-glam-raises-19-million-at-whopping-valuation/comment-page-1/#comment-7234 Nate Thu, 14 Dec 2006 20:49:03 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2006/12/14/womens-fashion-network-glam-raises-19-million-at-whopping-valuation/#comment-7234 Mike, I agree. Something is a little weird here. Perhaps they plan on doing an iVillage-esk ad campaign, which would certainly cost a ton of money without the NBC tie-in. Mike, I agree. Something is a little weird here. Perhaps they plan on doing an iVillage-esk ad campaign, which would certainly cost a ton of money without the NBC tie-in.

]]> By: Mike Masnick http://venturebeat.com/2006/12/14/womens-fashion-network-glam-raises-19-million-at-whopping-valuation/comment-page-1/#comment-7231 Mike Masnick Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:57:55 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2006/12/14/womens-fashion-network-glam-raises-19-million-at-whopping-valuation/#comment-7231 I was under the impression that Glam was positioning itself not as a media property, but as an e-commerce property... the media component is just to get more people to buy. Not that the valuation doesn't seem extremely high, but it might be that those involved view it in a different way than a media play. I was under the impression that Glam was positioning itself not as a media property, but as an e-commerce property… the media component is just to get more people to buy. Not that the valuation doesn’t seem extremely high, but it might be that those involved view it in a different way than a media play.

]]> By: Startups.in/India http://venturebeat.com/2006/12/14/womens-fashion-network-glam-raises-19-million-at-whopping-valuation/comment-page-1/#comment-7226 Startups.in/India Thu, 14 Dec 2006 17:35:14 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2006/12/14/womens-fashion-network-glam-raises-19-million-at-whopping-valuation/#comment-7226 $30 million funding, $150 mil valuation for a media company? BIGGG BUBBLE? $30 million funding, $150 mil valuation for a media company? BIGGG BUBBLE?

]]> By: VentureBeat Wire » Women’s fashion network Glam raises $18.5 million at whopping valuation http://venturebeat.com/2006/12/14/womens-fashion-network-glam-raises-19-million-at-whopping-valuation/comment-page-1/#comment-7222 VentureBeat Wire » Women’s fashion network Glam raises $18.5 million at whopping valuation Thu, 14 Dec 2006 16:20:53 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2006/12/14/womens-fashion-network-glam-raises-19-million-at-whopping-valuation/#comment-7222 [...] See our story here. VentureBeat Community [...] [...] See our story here. VentureBeat Community [...]

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