Facebook IPO
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He has a huge controlling share of that company too. Everything they do goes thru him and him alone. Watch him rake in all of this cash and then just up and dissapear one day leaving it to crumble.
Possibly. But he could also be the next Bill Gates and be with his startup until he retires. I actually think that is more likely than him being a serial entreprenuer...because if he wanted to do other startups, he would have sold FB a long time ago.
I would never invest in Facebook until they actually had a real profit model. The only product they have is marketing and advertising. That's fine, but it's not diversified. Give me a break..they need actual other products in case one thing hits the fan, they have backups.
Why don't they do Facebook for business? Internal social networks. There's already products out there that do that, but they are nowhere near as "good" as Facebook. Some people say Facebook Groups can do it? They can do much better. I guarantee most businesses want actual control of everything.
How about a pro user that offers people tools to increase their users and possibly revenue? I guarantee you if the price was right, companies would definitely pay for that. LinkedIn does a similar thing with the Pro User.
If FB tanks, I could see a company like Yahoo, Google, or Microsoft buying them. It will happen if it tanks.
Why don't they do Facebook for business? Internal social networks. There's already products out there that do that, but they are nowhere near as "good" as Facebook. Some people say Facebook Groups can do it? They can do much better. I guarantee most businesses want actual control of everything.
How about a pro user that offers people tools to increase their users and possibly revenue? I guarantee you if the price was right, companies would definitely pay for that. LinkedIn does a similar thing with the Pro User.
If FB tanks, I could see a company like Yahoo, Google, or Microsoft buying them. It will happen if it tanks.
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FB - Stock Quote for Facebook - FB Stock price - real time stock quote for Facebook
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Dropping like a rock now
FB - Stock Quote for Facebook - FB Stock price - real time stock quote for Facebook
31.87 USD
Last Trade-6.3618 (-16.64%)
Too much volatility, media hype around this stock is rediculous.
If I was playing my stock market game, I'd buy now and set a sell for $33.25.
Yes
When everyone on here says to buy I'll wait another couple weeks.:smile:
That's my play as well. I really don't care if I ever own any Facebook but if it continues to keep dropping at some point I will just throw some money at it and buy a small amount.
People want to keep pointing at what happened with Google and Amazon with how much more it is worth than it's IPO but many need to remember that neither of those companies were valued at 100 billion at the time. Facebook is a whole different monster that we really haven't seen before.
I'm sure the average-guy investor will file this story under "things it would have been nice to know"
Insight: Morgan Stanley cut Facebook estimates just before IPO | Reuters
Insight: Morgan Stanley cut Facebook estimates just before IPO | Reuters
In a way, yeah, but I saw this from the beginning as a get rich(er) quick scheme for those with the ability to get in on the ground floor and sell right away once it reached a sell point they had planned out. They were banking on everyone else tryign to do the same thing and driving the price up, then dumping it as soon as profitable. I don't think it will be a bad investment over the laung haul, but not at the current price. It kind of amazed me that it worked. Most of the shows I saw said that from the start the IPO was over valued.
Yes, and Google and Amazon have a damn solid product line as well to back it up.
I would consider buying some around $20 / share and hold it through their first earnings report.
