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05/23/2007, 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
Moderator:
< John Prendergast, VP, Software, Services & Media, Jefferies & Company Inc.
Speakers:
Dewey Awad, Managing Director, Bain Capital LLC.
Katherine Egbert, Equity Analyst, Jefferies & Company Inc.
Michele Perry, CMO, Sourcefire.
John Powell, President & CEO, Alfresco.
David Skok, General Partner, Matrix Partners.
The markets are wide open for exits of strong open source businesses in 2007. Does your business have what it takes to be rewarded with a high valuation? This will be a panel discussion on the valuation of open source businesses in both the public market and in acquisition contexts and will bring together the perspective of senior executives in Investment Banking, Venture Capital, Corporate Acquirers, and Operating Open Source businesses.
The panel will discuss the key factors driving valuation of open source businesses through their lifecycle from the perspective of an acquirer and the public market investor. The experienced panel will discuss the unique drivers of open source valuations and how these are evolving, as well as how a company's development stage affects valuation and valuation approach, the impact on the various business models, and more.
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