Tag: IPO
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Zuckerberg’s $1 Salary and More: Parsing the Facebook IPO Filing
Facebook turns eight years old this Saturday and the world’s largest social-networking utility gave itself an early birthday present: An initial public offering that could potentially raise $5 billion this spring. Apparently everybody wants to attend the birthday bash because response to Wednesday’s IPO filing crashed the Securities & Exchange Commission’s website. But the most…
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The 10 Things Facebook Got Right Pre-IPO
Facebook could file papers for a mega initial public offering as early as this week. Keeping in mind that it’s roughly $100 billion valuation occurred in the span of seven years, the question is: What were the moves that Facebook made as a startup that resulted in such success? Here are ten ways that I…
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Climbing on the Social Media IPO Bandwagon
In recent weeks, we’ve seen the likes of LinkedIn (NYSE: LNKD), Pandora Media (NYSE: P) and Groupon file to sell shares to the public. And while at least two of these stocks were flying high at the outset, they’ve since sunk — along with fellow entrepreneurs’ hopes for a similarly frothy showing. For its part,…
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Groupon By the Numbers: From Startup to IPO
For those of you who are casual observers rather than intense market players, news that a cards-held-close-to-the-vest internet startup has filed papers for an initial public offering (IPO) with the SEC is cause for exploration. Especially if that company is Groupon, the website whose brand is synonymous with the daily deal. By filing its S-1…
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LinkedIn’s IPO Could Spark a Social Gold Rush
The much-anticipated linkup of LinkedIn on the New York Stock Exchange took place this morning, with the business-focused social network making its debut under the LNKD symbol. Based in Mountain View, Calif., LinkedIn operates the largest online professional networking service on the planet with more than 100 million members in more than 200 countries and…