Tom Taulli

Any hot IPOs for the week? Reply: None. Wall Street is on vacation. Since it takes about two weeks for an IPO road show, do not expect the IPO market to start until the middle of September. 401(k)s: Going on the Wild Side Seems like there are many opportunities for buying Internet stocks. I was […]

Everyone knew that Transmeta would go public. The company has been in the proverbial “stealth” mode. But when a company files for an IPO, everything is exposed. Now we can see the inner workings of Transmeta. No date has been set on the offering, nor is there a price range. Although, expect the IPO to […]

When Richard Cheney decided to become George Bush’s running mate, he was definitely forgoing lots of lucrative deals. Perhaps the deal with the best upside was his board seat with EDS . While the stock has had a fall-off, I think the future looks particularly bright. The company is a mega e-business and technology services […]

Early this week, Drkoop.com was about to be declared dead. Chances were that you had more money in your wallet than Drkoop.com had in its bank account. But Drkoop.com’s luck has suddenly changed. Venture capital investors Prime Ventures, JF Shea Ventures, Cramer-Rosenthal-McGlynn and RMC Capital were willing to provide life saving measures; that is, the […]

With many people going on vacation, it’s been a boring week so far for Net stocks – that is, except for DSL.net . Given up for dead, the company surged into the stratosphere on the heels of a mega deal with IBM. On Tuesday, DSL.net skyrocketed about 107%. Yesterday, the stock soared 40%. In the […]

By all accounts, the PlayStation 2 looks like it will be the mega seller for the Christmas season. In early August, I wrote a column about Activision being a beneficiary of the PlayStation 2 boom – “Activision: Back from the Brink – Again”. The stock was at 10-3/16; the stock is now trading at 13 […]

I know I should use the Web to do my bill paying. After all, this activity wastes a couple hours each month. However, many years ago I did use a system. And it was a nightmare. But as of now, the technology is much better. Also, it is much easier to use. A leader in […]

The traditional paging market is slowly being vaporized. Yet, it is still a cash-cow for some companies. In fact, these paging companies have been using the excess cash flows to expand into new wireless markets. One such company is WebLink Wireless . The company has spent about $310 million building an Internet-based, nationwide PCS wireless […]

It was bad to be an IPO last week. For the most part, investors were really not interested. Vacations seem to be the only thing on investors’ minds. In fact, there was some awful punishment of IPOs. Take Avistar Communications . Rather, it was equivalent to a burning star. The lead underwriter, Chase H&Q, set […]

What looks hot in the IPO market next week? Reply: First, there’s O2 Wireless, which is based in the Cayman Islands. The company is a developer of integrated circuits for power management of computer systems and cell phones. However, the deal is small. The company intends to issue 4 million shares at the price range […]

After working at Oracle for several years, Farzad Dibachi wanted to start his own venture. In October 1995, he co-founded Diba, a developer of information appliance software. It was a smart move. The company was sold to Sun Microsystems in August 1997. But he didn’t waste time. Dibachi then founded Niku in January 1998 (Niku […]

As you know, today’s column is a look-forward to next weeks IPOs. Unfortunately, that would be hard to do. There are only two planned for next week. And one of the IPOs doesn’t even have an EDGAR filing! So, instead of gabbing about upcoming IPOs, let’s cover some IPO strategies. In 2000, the IPO market […]