Comments on: Valley in merger fever: Google looks at SimplyHired?

By: Google in discussions to acquire job search engine SimplyHired? : Alootechie

Google in discussions to acquire job search engine SimplyHired? : Alootechie — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 01:52:44 +0000

[...] Google is rumoured to be in discussions to acquire job search engine SimplyHired.com, which recently launched Job-a-matic that enables bloggers to create their own job boards. SimplyHired has raised $17.7 million, including $13.5 million from News Corp, and the company’s valuation has been pegged at $40 million. Simply Hired president Dion Lim has told TechCrunch that there is “lots of interest in us” from a number of parties but would not comment directly on the rumoured deal. SimplyHired faces stiff competition from multiple sites, including Monster, HotJobs, Craigslist, Indeed and Jobster, reports VentureBeat. [...]

By: Jacques Froissant (CEO Altaïde + Moovement)

Jacques Froissant (CEO Altaïde + Moovement) — Mon, 07 May 2007 09:00:33 +0000

My opinion here : http://altaide.typepad.com/jacques_froissant_altade/2007/05/simplyhired_rac.html

By: Matt Marshall

Matt Marshall — Mon, 07 May 2007 06:24:11 +0000

I cut out the offending link from the comment, i’ll think about elimination going forward. Also, corrected link to Craigslist.

Thx.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 07 May 2007 05:22:18 +0000

Please check the link posted for Craigslist.

By: Wen

Wen — Mon, 07 May 2007 01:42:14 +0000

Matt, any chance you can eliminate links in the comments? It seems to result in people offering trite comments in order to promote their sites…

By: Leveraging Ideas :: The Blog of Sam Huleatt: social media, technology and startups

Sun, 06 May 2007 14:43:21 +0000

[...] searching across many websites such as Craigslist and Wetfeet.com and aggregating all the results. Venturebeat also has a first-hand account of the breaking [...]

By: Glenn Kelman

Glenn Kelman — Sun, 06 May 2007 03:04:29 +0000

Efforts to compete with Wall Street bonuses are what’s driving M&A lawyers’ salaries in New York and the Bay Area.

Glenn Kelman, CEO, Redfin

By: Gal Josefsberg

Gal Josefsberg — Sat, 05 May 2007 22:52:17 +0000

Makes sense. People will always be interested in jobs and Google will always be interested in new content with which to present ads. Heck, it makes more sense than the YouTube purchase.

By: Acquisizioni: Google sta valutando se acquisire SimplyHired | Stalkk.ed

Acquisizioni: Google sta valutando se acquisire SimplyHired | Stalkk.ed — Sat, 05 May 2007 15:35:57 +0000

[...] Internet. E si tratta di un qualcosa di molto positivo: non c’è alcun dubbio in merito. Un articolo apparso oggi su VentureBeat riporta una dichiarazione di un avvocato che opera nella Silicon [...]

By: Its an M&A world after all « Sharing the truth one thread at a time

Its an M&A world after all « Sharing the truth one thread at a time — Sat, 05 May 2007 12:37:53 +0000

[...] Google wants to buy SimplyHired. I am guess $M not $B. [...]

By: Charles

Charles — Sat, 05 May 2007 06:56:25 +0000

Unless there is a very large backlog of deals that haven’t been announced but have actually closed, I think the M&A rumor mill is wildly outpacing the actual number of closed transactions. Without a viable IPO market for most of these companies, M&A is the only way most of these companies will achieve liquidity. There’s no harm in speculating and deals can fall apart at the last minute, but I think a lot of the M&A hype is wishful thinking as opposed to reflective of real substantive conversations.