InstaCalc Example: YouTube Analysis
November 1st, 2006
I developed InstaCalc while the YouTube acquisition was happening. It was a great chance to try out a key scenario where numbers need to be shared:
- Fred Wilson blogs about YouTube's potential revenue. He invites readers to play with his assumptions.
- I left a comment with an InstaCalc calculation containing his results, allowing others to link to or edit his analysis.
- A French blogger changes the assumptions for his own calculation.
- Paul Kedrosky writes an article about YouTube takeaways, showing readers where they can play with a nice online calculator.
- Gagglescape links to the InstaCalc calculation, allowing readers to see the details of the financial analysis.
The goal of InstaCalc is to make calculations easy: creating, editing and sharing without a hassle. I'm really happy that people found the site useful and easy to link to, and the ongoing feedback helped me create an embeddable version, here:
Now you can see one model of the YouTube valuation. Do you agree with the numbers?
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November 2nd, 2006 at 11:47 am
[...] As you can see below in developer Kalid Azad’s example based on Fred Wilson’s YouTube valuation math, any of the fields are editable including the notes field. Once you make changes, you can save and share your version with the link in the top right. Update: After about 12 valiant hours of surviving TC and subsequent traffic, it looks like Instacalc is having a hard time with the load of being embedded. I’ve removed it from this entry but you can go here to see Instacalc in action. [...]
November 5th, 2006 at 1:59 pm
[...] As you can see below in developer Kalid Azad’s example based on Fred Wilson’s YouTube valuation math, any of the fields are editable including the notes field. Once you make changes, you can save and share your version with the link in the top right. Update: After about 12 valiant hours of surviving TC and other traffic, it looks like Instacalc is having a hard time with the load of being embedded. I’ve removed it from this entry but you can go here to see Instacalc in action. [...]
November 20th, 2006 at 9:02 am
[...] Comme vous pouvez le voir ici dans l’exemple basé sur l’évaluation de Youtube par Fred Wilson, les champs sont éditables, y comrpis pour les notes. Si vous faites des changements, vous pouvez les sauvegarder et partager votre version avec le lien en haut à droite. [...]
March 23rd, 2007 at 2:29 pm
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May 15th, 2007 at 8:18 pm
[...] I then try to jump into a scenario like sharing numbers about the YouTube deal. [...]