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Andrew Turnbull and Lauren Porat are now friends

June 15

Lauren Porat commented on Eric Shannon's blog post 'just updated top 100 jobsite niches for 2009'

Hey Eric, sorry for my confusion but where can we view your list?

May 28

Lauren Porat commented on Jeff Dickey-Chasins's blog post 'The death of job boards? Ahem…'

Interesting - I agree with your premise that job boards aren't going away (self-serving, I know) but for different reasons. Everyone's saying how Twitter and LinkedIn are the death of the job board...and they're saying this bc those sites - and th...

May 28

Lauren Porat commented on Chris Russell's blog post 'Too many profile sites?'

I chalk it up to yet another indication of that vast disproportion between job seekers and hiring employers...and how job seekers really need to differentiate themselves in this market. For employers, these products don't really add a lot of value...

May 12

Lauren Porat commented on Chris Russell's blog post 'Whats a job board worth?'

Chris - to answer your question, forward year EBITDA multiple means one would value the company at a certain multiple of the company's EBITDA for the subsequent calendar year...so if the deal was happening today, the year used would probably be 20...

March 17

Lauren Porat commented on Chris Russell's blog post 'Whats a job board worth?'

Three things: First, never sell in a down market, you'll get a horrible valuation which is bad for your business and for the rest of us. Second, if you're profitable and growing, there's really no reason not to wait the down market out. And third,...

March 16

Lauren Porat and Dylan Michael are now friends

March 11

Lauren Porat is now a member of Job Boarders

Welcome Them!

March 9