# Prof. Aswath Damodaran's on the valuations of tech start-ups

1 Faculty News December 29, 2014 ![Wall Street Journal logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/wsjlogo.jpg?itok=5Qt0z3WX)>

Excerpt from [The Wall Street Journal](http://www.wsj.com/articles/tech-startup-values-reach-the-sky-1419900636?mod=LS1) -- "The market is a victim of 'the ladder of pricing,' says [Aswath Damodaran](http://w4.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/aswath-damodaran), a professor of finance at the Stern School of Business at New York University and an expert in corporate valuations. Investors and founders are arguing that if 'A' is worth 'X' billion, then their own company, which has just as many 'eyeballs,' or just as much revenue, or just as big of a market opportunity, must be worth near or above 'X,' he says."

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