Comments on: What Do Facebook’s Investors Want? http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/07/14/what-do-facebooks-investors-want/ Insight and Analysis from North of the Border Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:23:37 +0000 hourly 1 By: Re: Facebook, Relax. « Jared Tame @ Phunctional http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/07/14/what-do-facebooks-investors-want/comment-page-1/#comment-6462 Re: Facebook, Relax. « Jared Tame @ Phunctional Sun, 29 Jul 2007 01:32:29 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/2007/07/14/what-do-facebooks-investors-want/#comment-6462 [...] That doesn’t excuse people’s behavior toward it.  For those people, I just have to ask: where’s your Facebook startup at?  Why isn’t everyone using your web application?  And you do realize that there are a lot of intelligent people riding on this? [...] [...] That doesn’t excuse people’s behavior toward it.  For those people, I just have to ask: where’s your Facebook startup at?  Why isn’t everyone using your web application?  And you do realize that there are a lot of intelligent people riding on this? [...]

]]> By: dave mcclure http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/07/14/what-do-facebooks-investors-want/comment-page-1/#comment-6416 dave mcclure Sat, 21 Jul 2007 04:54:07 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/2007/07/14/what-do-facebooks-investors-want/#comment-6416 not sure if this is accurate, but i heard the rumored pre-money on the $25M round that Greylock led was actually $500M, which would make it more like 5% instead of 10%. that sounds unusual, and i'd normally think those figures are screwy except that Facebook was in the driver seat the whole damn time. the previous round was supposed to have been $10M on a $100M pre- for 10%, so it actually might make sense (? sort of?) that the next round was at $500M. regardless, whether it was 5% or 10%, either way i think David Sze & friends are going to have a great return on their investment. onward & upward. not sure if this is accurate, but i heard the rumored pre-money on the $25M round that Greylock led was actually $500M, which would make it more like 5% instead of 10%. that sounds unusual, and i’d normally think those figures are screwy except that Facebook was in the driver seat the whole damn time. the previous round was supposed to have been $10M on a $100M pre- for 10%, so it actually might make sense (? sort of?) that the next round was at $500M.

regardless, whether it was 5% or 10%, either way i think David Sze & friends are going to have a great return on their investment.

onward & upward.

]]> By: Mark Evans http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/07/14/what-do-facebooks-investors-want/comment-page-1/#comment-6348 Mark Evans Sun, 15 Jul 2007 01:23:14 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/2007/07/14/what-do-facebooks-investors-want/#comment-6348 If Facebook does do an IPO, it could be the first "tier one" IPO since Google. Given the froth still in the market, it's probably a better route than a sale - IF Facebook's revenue is solid and sustainable. If Facebook does do an IPO, it could be the first “tier one” IPO since Google. Given the froth still in the market, it’s probably a better route than a sale – IF Facebook’s revenue is solid and sustainable.

]]> By: Aidan Henry http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/07/14/what-do-facebooks-investors-want/comment-page-1/#comment-6345 Aidan Henry Sat, 14 Jul 2007 20:45:15 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/2007/07/14/what-do-facebooks-investors-want/#comment-6345 Mark, I definitely think an IPO is in order here. The fact that the company is still growing at an astonishing rate (i.e. hasn't peaked) means that Facebook does not need a larger company to take them to the next level. For this very reason, it is in their best interest and the best interest of their investors to snarl at any potential suitors. Only a ridiculously large sum of money should sway them in the takeover direction and I just don't see this happening. Cheers, Aidan www.MappingTheWeb.com Mark,

I definitely think an IPO is in order here. The fact that the company is still growing at an astonishing rate (i.e. hasn’t peaked) means that Facebook does not need a larger company to take them to the next level. For this very reason, it is in their best interest and the best interest of their investors to snarl at any potential suitors. Only a ridiculously large sum of money should sway them in the takeover direction and I just don’t see this happening.

Cheers,
Aidan
http://www.MappingTheWeb.com

]]> By: Webomatica http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/07/14/what-do-facebooks-investors-want/comment-page-1/#comment-6344 Webomatica Sat, 14 Jul 2007 19:35:52 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/2007/07/14/what-do-facebooks-investors-want/#comment-6344 (First sentence MSFT is rumored at 6 billion not million) I think they're going for the IPO. Seems like they're more ambitious than just becoming part of Google, Yahoo! or MSFT especially with this talk of "platform" This could be huge if they pull of a successful IPO and with the markets hitting new highs, the first big .com IPO in a while, and the past success of Google and YouTube I think it'll be huge - even if the actual worth of Facebook is under debate. (First sentence MSFT is rumored at 6 billion not million)

I think they’re going for the IPO. Seems like they’re more ambitious than just becoming part of Google, Yahoo! or MSFT especially with this talk of “platform” This could be huge if they pull of a successful IPO and with the markets hitting new highs, the first big .com IPO in a while, and the past success of Google and YouTube I think it’ll be huge – even if the actual worth of Facebook is under debate.

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