Our coverage this week from the Goldman Sachs Technology Conference right here in san francisco. Well hear from tech heavyweights throughout the hour including the ceos of gopro, ripple, and Goldman Sachs. Lets kick it off with david solomon, Goldman Sachs resident and cocoo. David the year is set up in a way in which i think it should be very constructive for m a activity and ipo activity. Ipo activity started to pick up toward the end of we have got a 2017. Very healthy ipo backlog, but we also have an environment for a variety of reasons why meeting for a8 should set up strategic year for m a. Private market valuations, are they healthy right now . I think private market valuations have heightened the bit over the last 1224 months. Capital has been tighter for private market funding. I would not say that valuations are bubbly. In an environment for the last five years where growth was sluggish investors were looking , for a place where there was growth, and Silicon Valley is a place
We will hear from tech heavyweights throughout the hour including the ceos of gopro, ripple, fireeye and bill girly of benchmark. Lets get it up with david solomon. The year has set up in a way that i think it should be very constructive for ipo activity. Ipo activity picked up a little bit toward the end of 2017. We have a very healthy ipo backlog but we also have an environment for a variety of reasons why 2018 should set up to be a great year for this in the Technology Space. Points are they out the right now or bubbling . I think private market valuations actually have tightened a little bit over the course of the last 12 or 24 months. Capital has been a little tighter for private market funding. I wouldnt say that valuations are bubbling but there is no question that in an environment for the last five years where growth was sluggish investors were really looking for a place where there was growth and Silicon Technology was a place where there was a lot of growth. When you look at
From the Goldman Sachs Technology Conference. We will hear from tech heavyweights throughout the hour including the ceos of gopro, ripple, fireeye and bill girly of benchmark. Lets get it up with david solomon. The year has set up in a way that i think it should be very constructive for ipo activity. Ipo activity picked up a little bit toward the end of 2017. We have a very healthy ipo backlog but we also have an environment for a variety of reasons why 2018 should set up to be a great year for this in the Technology Space. Points are they out the right now or bubbling . I think private market valuations actually have tightened a little bit over the course of the last 12 or 24 months. Capital has been a little tighter for private market funding. I wouldnt say that valuations are bubbling but there is no question that in an environment for the last five years where growth was sluggish investors were really looking for a place where there was growth and Silicon Technology was a place whe
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Go big or go home good friday morning. Welcome to squawk alley. Im Carl Quintanilla with jon fortt and here at post nine. Record highs on the dow and s p this morning all major averages having best month coming as the president addresses the Economic Forum in davos sw davos switzerland yesterday declaring america is open for business sat down with our joe kernen for more well turn to Michelle Carusocabrera in davos this morning. Hey, michelle. Reporter hey, carl, President Trump on a full court press to convince investors around the world to invest in the United States. Trump reiterated how pleased he is about the Corporate Tax cut, what it does for american competitiveness and how its leading to bonuses for workers as a result. I think that the tax plan has been even better than we thought. What did happen that nobody considered is that at t started, but they immediately followed hundreds of companies are giving thousands and thousands of dollars to their workers and now you have almo