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I think this would be even more interesting if the "Value 3 years later" number was incorporated into the graphic somehow.

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See page 5, especially the transition between 4 and 5.

Yeah, the real value of this chart from my perspective is the transition from slides 3-4 (watching things go up the first day) and then slides 4-5 (watching some stuff bubble up, and others fall off a cliff). So I found myself just cycling back and forth through slides 3-5 to get a feel for the data. The obvious cool thing to watch is the early-2000's dotcom waterfall.

Nice job. Could probably have represented things slightly better given what you are trying to get across (using colors & ball sizes), but cool nonetheless.

I actually think the transition from 3 to 5 (directly) is more interesting than the one from 4 to 5. Well, they're both interesting, so it's cool the visualization supports both.

Was about to say the same! It was fun. My impression is that on average, the same % of companies fall in 80s, 90s and 00. (of course during bubble there was much more companies on the market). Some to think that Yahoo made 3,500% three years later, not too shabby!

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