Poynt has quite a bit going for it... The Company currently has 4 patents, with 7 pending and has engaged Gladios IP (subsidiary of Wi-Lan) to enforce and monetize its intellectual property. For starters, they should go after the Superbowl Social Media Command Centre for using LBS technology all too similar to Poynt during and before the game.
The Company is averaging over 25,000 new users per day and are coming very close to (if they haven't indeed hit it already) 15 million users. To get an idea of where Poynt stands in line with its competition here are a few examples:
i. Where.com (another mobile local search app) was acquired by Ebay for $35/user
ii. Android generates approximately $5.90/user, that is estimated to grow to nearly $10/user – using typical revenue multiples those users would be worth $60-100/user
iii. Foursquare has a user base of 10 million (June 2011) with an estimated valuation of $600 million (based on its most recent round of financing) or $60/user
iv. Yelp has a user base of 50 million (April 2011) an estimated valuation of $525 million (according to an analyst report from Next Up Research) or $10.50/user
Consider some key market statistics that will work in synergy with the company to increase its global revenue even more:
· Smartphone unit sales to exceed laptop and desktop by 2012
· Brands and agencies are shifting towards mobile and location-based advertising
· The mobile ad industry is growing rapidly - $2.7 billion in 2011 to $6.6 billion by 2016
· 5.3 billion mobile accounts globally
The Company is constantly marketing, and promoting itself, and seeking to sign additional Pre-load Agreements. As well as expanding its global footprint by entering new marketplaces. The leak on David Ren's LinkedIn page regarding China could be absolutely MONUMENTAL for the Company. Seeing as how nothing has been officially released yet, we don't know the details of what has transpired. Perhaps the Company has already made some big moves and engaged millions of users. Better yet, maybe they're bringing in revenue!
POYNT CHINA
All that being said...
I'm not sitting on the sidelines for this one
Poynt is about to Pop
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