How Snapchat Destroyed $120 Billion

[@wallstreetmillennial]

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[@afrdy1]

Can you make a video on how Uber has finally made a profit after so many years of major losses?

[@pdf5774]

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[@amutah8063]

It didn't destroy anything! It was just extremely overvalued.

[@corbielentertainment]

Explain this to people who hate on musk. He's also overvalued he even says it... Lol

[@xxdarthxmurderwolfxx4621]

It destroyed its value lol

[@hpdpco6634]

Tinder killed snapchat

[@vaughnreedjr6592]

@@jamesbrown4364 stock market. Not accurate. Ford has more cash than tesla.

[@jamesbrown4364]

@@vaughnreedjr6592 I meant stock marketcap wise (Basically saying tesla is a giant bubble)

[@pauldacus4590]

Better title: _How insane investors thought a camera app was worth over $100 billion_

[@codycast]

Exactly.

[@bigbangtheory1185]

Lol makes alot of sens when you put it that way

[@chiefenumclaw7960]

But it's a DisRupTivE technawledgy!

[@PeacockRhino]

Nasdaq is full of them. I won’t mention We Work and Theranos. For some reason people think that using the word Tech makes a stock far more valuable than it actually is.

[@booneboone9705]

@@PeacockRhino WeWork never had an IPO and Theranos (also never IPO) was shut down after the scandal.

[@carthicss1]

The valuation was insane right from the start. There's no logic behind valuation anymore.

[@mjmulenga3]

The modern trend of Silicon Valley to focus on growth at all costs rather than profitability or real value is the actual issue here.

[@Abhishek-kg3jr]

Snapchat has become absurd nowadays

[@FeikeLeemkuil]

All we can say is: Evan and Bobby are not certified bros :(

[@RomieDAHomiefrmthaBay]

Lol

[@Emerald_Forge]

:(

[@gchecktv9194]

Boy, you said some shit then

[@SS-_.1]

Many of these cash burning, loss making "growth stocks" are bubbles waiting to get popped.

[@sabilaahmad3731]

Within current conditions i prefer to commodity stock company, because their fundamentally is good and measurable with market conditions.

[@exoticbutters2781]

I think Snap mades several blunders that will ultimately lead to their demise if they don't pivot. Spectacles was a bad idea but rolling them out via vending machines was just bad. Paying millions for people to uploading stolen tiktok videos is another. And now a drone with a 4hr battery life that can only take selfies, did they have no one in the R&D dept that said this was a bad idea? But I think the biggest blunder was classifying their business as a camera company instead of a software/platform company. If they continue at this trajectory, it won't be good for them. But I'm sure FB and other big boys would acquire them.

[@palillo2006]

Not just that but they put like a 90% effort to one platform, iOS. They could have improved the Android app to get more people using the app. The app on Android was buggy, laggy, the photos reduced in quality, and had a bad battery drain problem.

[@bccsivxx-xxivvii]

How does classifying themselves as a camera company instead of a software company make any difference with anything? Either they make money or they don't.

[@elvisochieng6267]

Fb tried to acquire them but they refused

[@youdontsay2529]

Am more impressed that it still exists.

[@T4KKFI]

Snap is a pump and dump stock. Don't be that naive in believing this company will be impactful for the long term. Stocks not contributing to American innovation is A joke and I'll be delighted in shorting the hype tickers

[@blackd98]

Another app who's growth was related to the pendemic and expected it to last forever. Sooner or later its was going to be over and people would go back to "regular" life and usage would drop and with the revenue.

[@nicholasbento3257]

I was heavily swing trading this last year, writing puts and sometimes just buying 100 shares and writing calls. I made a good amount of money and got ridiculously lucky that I did not lose a lot, I got kind of nervous when it was in the 60-70$ price range and backed off of it, I remember after one of their earnings reports it went from like $70 down into the 50s, right about the time after I stopped trading it.

[@CouragePope]

Pixy looks like a very interesting idea. I know for sure there is a market to replace tripods and selfie sticks. If it is easy enough to use that will be big money

[@joeaverage3444]

Tech companies in a bull market quite often ride a wave of optimism about future earnings that is unlike in many other sectors. And for a while, it will seem that rising share price valuations make up for the sketchiness of a business model and a thus-far absence of real profitability. But when those pipe dreams fail or when the market is going through a general slump in tech optimism about the future, then those tech stocks tend to come back down to Earth, where robust, tangible profits are the result of hard graft and not of lofty promises. Over the space of decades, markets seem to make those mistakes over and over again, in a strange reiteration of the same old manic depressive amnesia that got people burned the last time.

[@wouldntyouliketoknow9891]

Snapchat was NEVER worth $140 billion. In fact, based on market fundamentals, it probably was never worth more than a few billion. Perhaps $5 billion at most. Everything beyond that was just wild greedy investor speculation and had nothing to do with the company or its product. So based on that, snapchat is probably still overvalued and needs to fall more.

[@hiimjustin8826]

All the tech stocks are getting pummeled but some of them are either evil or not ran like a company designed to make money so all fine. Seems like a good time to invest in the more well-known brands because worst comes to worst companies like Snapchat will probably get bought anyway.

[@parkeraustin2414]

You do realize the “evil” ones are being evil to make money.

[@bccsivxx-xxivvii]

@@parkeraustin2414 Yea, the evil ones are usually the ones that make the most money, the ones you want to invest in, like CVX, XOM, etc.

[@Emerald_Forge]

@@parkeraustin2414 That makes so much of a of a difference!

[@hiimjustin8826]

@@parkeraustin2414 Yes, but some are evil and don't make money lol. Like Uber

[@tomatoman7506]

@@hiimjustin8826 Uber fired Travis kalanick due to wokeness. Otherwise it would have done fine.

[@NathanVu]

I totally forgot about Snapchat until I saw this video. Can't believe they are still around.

[@herkiee1]

They didn't destroy anything. It's just a transfer of money

[@kevinavila9489]

who'd it go to then

[@samsonsoturian6013]

And eliminated paper value.

[@samsonsoturian6013]

@@kevinavila9489 whomever sold

[@taylorbug9]

@@kevinavila9489 most money doesn't even exist these days. They're just zeros in the computer.

[@kevinavila9489]

@@taylorbug9 yes and destroying something doesnt really mean taking an axe and chopping it to bits

[@tropicalpnch4549]

i could never figure out how to use the app and I figured it was the start of me becoming old 😅

[@moonshadow7057]

still, can someone explain why a company’s revenue growth even matters when most companies don’t share a penny of their profits with the so called shareholders?

[@octagon69]

The hope is they eventually buy back shares and raise the price of the average shares. Or they are hoping the bigger fool bids it up. SNAP wasn't even profitable to buy back shares or issue a dividend and etc.

[@moonshadow7057]

@@octagon69 yeah why would companies choose to voluntarily buy back shares, that is, to use real money to buy back essentially worthless "shares" that they can issue as many as they would like? And what would happen to them if they just never buy back shares? I read some time ago that companies often buy back shares before they issue much more shares to sell to the investors. A scam, a big scam

[@viewtifuljon8105]

I have never seen that happen after a buyback, but it probably has happened a few times. Likely something very rare. ​@@moonshadow7057

[@harry8912]

It’s not just Snapchat. It’s the whole tech sector as a whole, there’s surely some undervalued Tech stocks now especially growth stocks. I got into a few but bled massively from it, my portfolio is down 70% YTD.

[@davturbok9]

Its funny how they optimize snapchat app for apple users yet now apple new privacy policy is affecting their advertising revenue 😆

[@nerkey4752]

Good thing I have ad blocker this guy have this vid full of ads smh.. damn, it's ridiculous

[@turbyoulance]

Why would you pay OVER's for a company that hasn't turned a RED Cent in profit. It's a Liability and is dying. No good offering up it's problem's , they need to offer up solution's

[@kbram7363]

Your videos are impressive sir

[@PresidentGuile]

Bro I have never heard this much ADR in a video in my life lmao

[@tygerbyrn]

15:35 Good point. Representative democracy versus totalitarian dictatorship.

[@NarutoArenaCx]

Very glad I never invested in this. I am deep in DOGE though, big sad.

[@qbek_san]

xD

[@calculate.]

16:10 It's not dictatorship, they are doing that to have control over the company's main goal which is their vison. I think they are wise for doing that because if share holders a given voting right then the company is at risk of losing its goal which is the vision of the founders. Just like what happened to Steve Job. Most investors are focused on the profitability of the company rather then its vison but its clear that vision attracts profitability but profitability does not attract vision.

[@andreaskarlsson83]

Good video!

[@jantschierschky3461]

I invest in businesses that have good fundamentals and are profitable. To me investing in those start-ups is extremely risky, if you time it right you can make money, however most will lose money.

[@thebluebeyond2329]

They can slap Al on it, improve the VR glasses and call it a day.

[@ralphstern2845]

Well done,again

[@thegoldstandard55]

Evan sold most of his stock. This collapse was all intentional.

[@Alan.livingston]

Fast forward a few years and they are flat out getting into the double digits stock price.

[@lucasglowacki4683]

There’s always a third guy🙄😂

[@RomieDAHomiefrmthaBay]

I’m learning now that most of these social media sites are founded by college drop outs

[@VHSCLIPS]

In love your content but maybe you need better soundcard or mic

[@hiimjustin8826]

I like that it doesn't sound over-engineered.

[@buzzlightyear3715]

The core of the value proposition of disappearing picture was a lie. The pictures sent were kept in what the programmer call sandbox in the receiving devices.

[@turbyoulance]

$napchat is useless. It is yesterdays news in Australia and was always very very underused.I would severely short it if I was in a position to.

[@goneutt]

I find any app popular with children and youths to be short lived because there’s a new one for the next batch of 13 year olds to find.

[@franciscodanconia4324]

That’s why FB keeps buying them. FB became old hat so they bought Insta. Now Insta is getting old hat. It’s a rat race I never want to invest money in.

[@patrickjeffers7864]

They did an update 2016? Forgot..but after that, I quit. Even Rhianna was like "why is an update more difficult than the original?"..didn't they also reject a fb offer?

[@patrickjeffers7864]

Sorry, 2018

[@Kodakcompactdisc]

If Ri Ri’s out I’m out.

[@GentlemansCombatives]

Snapchat buying and then killing gfycat makes me so mad

[@HighestIQ]

I'd have issued so much new stock at those prices.

[@LGM2000x]

Evan will go down in history as one of the greatest fools ever for not selling to FB.

[@dwaynebell7705]

I do remember the internet stock crash of 2000. Welcome to 2000 take 2!

[@IvanPlayStation4LiFe]

Snapchat is now worth over $25 billion.

[@anthonybranco]

Once the public found out that the CIA and FBI are in bed with Snapchat...goodbye, Charlie!

[@jahjoeka]

13:44 def saw that pretty sad girl before.

[@Kodakcompactdisc]

Snapchat is the best social media by a mile.

[@Foxyfreedom]

Why is the logo a floating white ghost blanket?

[@youtubs7890]

Where are they now?

[@carly09et]

Considering Snapchats numbers were "faked" ... the drop was predictable. The share value is maybe $3 lots of room to fall.

[@bigbangtheory1185]

Heading towards $7

[@truth.speaker]

80% devaluation isn't fair it needs to drop 98% or more

[@tosinsonaike977]

Absolutely overvalued

[@samsonsoturian6013]

Is it just me or are old rich dudes too eager to go all in with companies seen as young and hip?

[@nomooon]

they just go all in on things they don't understand. Like theranos.

[@samsonsoturian6013]

@@nomooon True, same with all the autists going all in on cash burning innovation stocks

[@channul4887]

@@nomooon "they just go all in on things they don't understand." LOL, you're cute when you're naive, you realise that?

[@Yu1551]

@@channul4887 cringe

[@channul4887]

@@Yu1551 I know, how cringe is that naive muppet, eh?

[@Deloowix]

Can Snapchat declare dividends to only shares held by the founders and executives, but not to the common shareholders?

[@XO43137]

Sounds like Twitter too. Money has no friends.

[@funmilayotijani3119]

I've always though Snapchat was a bad investment

[@adamkilgas8149]

A lot of college age people (like myself) use snap as there main mode of communication

[@ProfAzimov]

16:33 Whoa, whoa. Get the profits before saying what you are going to do.

[@williamerazo3921]

What value does it brings ?

[@KangaMoose34]

They didn’t make any money, it’s expensive to borrow and the days of the hopes that a company might make money one day are over

[@cooldudecs]

Capital is getting more expensive…

[@Derpy1969]

Never used it.

[@johndoe-by4up]

That's the thing about money bro, Snapchat did his homie dirty n now he's gonna lose everything

[@drek273]

It was supremely overvalued

[@mammajamma4397]

Ummm, can't you work around the whole point of Snapchat by screenshotting and/or doing a screen record? Are those functions disabled on Snapchat???

[@Hshjshshjsj72727]

It is a duhm app and not encrypted but it alerts if screenshot

[@franciscodanconia4324]

At least these huge drops in tech companies helps point out the stupidity of a wealth tax. The Snap founders would have had to pay taxes based on the year end 2021 valuation of $45. But on April 15 Snap was worth $35. Unless they are allowed to adjust the basis down at the time of paying tax they’d be paying taxes on 25% of value that just evaporated into thin air.

[@i_i8924]

These tech companies think they can just burn through money like its water esp during times like now in a down market, fucking nuts.

[@harlyslamm2888]

snap is the next facebook! Trust me bro

[@sgatea74]

Snapchat in a mission to chage the world ? What change ? 😂

[@live_in_thejoy]

None of these social media platforms are profitable…… mostly because they aren’t real 🙄

[@thekekronomicon590]

I'm just gonna say it. Snapchat doesn't do anything. Video chatting is stupid but I guess that's a thing they do but there are a ton of video chat app options and most phones come built in with that feature. The "secure" screenshot proof messages can be defeated by simply turning on airplane mode. The generic KZbin section is hot garbage nobody wants to see. So basically were left with some wacky filters. They are trying to sell adds for wacky filters and I just don't see a much value in it .

[@qwaszxerdfcvtyghvb]

and now the stock is 9.5

[@kencouch3328]

Never invest in a company whose ceo wears t shirts. Especially ones that don't fit. Also people with no business experience

[@glennealy4791]

Overvalued, yes! Destroyed by itself no.

[@christpunchers]

Nobody uses Snapchat when they have Twitter, Facebook, KZbin, Instagram, and of course, TikTok

[@TopShot501st]

This downturn will cull the weak tech from the herd.

[@kapilsharmaWorld_uncensored]

No voting rights with no plans for dividends? This should have been the biggest red flag for people while investing.

[@choppergirl]

never heard of it

[@EEZYEEEE]

Daily Active Users… (cough) bots.

[@doug282]

I always knew not to invest a penny into this company. He should've sold to FB

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[@sago22]

Tech bubble 2.0

[@Leosarebetter]

No one in their right mind would have snapchat shares....

[@wesuda]

Snapchat is a such a wasteland of time tbh

[@davidbrooks1724]

Wiped out yes but was so over valued

[@jantschierschky3461]

Spiegel, not speigel

[@mattmmilli8287]

Their AR glasses are beyond trash. Buggy and overheat trying to render annnnnything

[@nestorjrabalos1998]

Useless app. I never understood the hype on snapchat. The most pointless app ever

[@batsiraimalvernmugomba6467]

Bubbles bubbles bubbles

[@samsonsoturian6013]

[Snap] My bubbles

[@hiimjustin8826]

Housing market when?

[@ferrarikg]

Feels like a Jacuzzi

[@aaronhpa]

How can they destroy something if it has never existed?

[@MajesticLawnGnome]

I made a ton from Snapchat then took profits and ran lol

[@xr.spedtech]

TikTok taking the heds of all platforms ... 😑 Snap isn't really that interesting honestly ...

[@123pb]

I don't trust guys who do business and t shirts

[@snowman2834]

Next video- birth rate dropped in the US due to Russia invading Ukraine. Cows do not produce as much milk due to Russia invading Ukraine. My wife gained 40 pounds due to Russia invading ....

[@SherlockMahomes99]

Just get bought out by Meta smh

[@herban_jungle]

Shoooot I’d rather be the third partner with a bunch of money and no responsibility

[@imeldomarcos4126]

It was a cycle.