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Facebook $15 billion

Discussion in 'General Business' started by MTheory, Oct 25, 2007.

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  1. checksum

    checksum Notable Member

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    #41
    No, $240m for 1%.
     
    checksum, Oct 26, 2007 IP
  2. Soccerplayur012

    Soccerplayur012 Peon

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    #42
    Ah, I misread. I thought MSFT was valuing their 1% share at $15B. Well, that's a lot more reasonable. But still insane.
     
    Soccerplayur012, Oct 26, 2007 IP
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    checksum Notable Member

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    #43
    Yep, the owner of Facebook is making a killing off of this.
     
    checksum, Oct 26, 2007 IP
  4. ForgottenCreature

    ForgottenCreature Notable Member

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    #44
    ...And what if facebook takes a dive in the future?
     
    ForgottenCreature, Oct 26, 2007 IP
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    MrRadic Active Member

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    #45
    Facebook and MySpace run on ASP.NET, not PHP.
     
    MrRadic, Oct 26, 2007 IP
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    Soccerplayur012 Peon

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    #46
    With 40 million users, and 150k more daily, I doubt Facebook takes a dive. If they do? The cash they've made from advertising alone will support him and all the other founders for LIFE, easily. Besides that, how does this look on a resume':

    Founder of Facebook.com
     
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  7. Dollar

    Dollar Active Member

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    #47
    OMG ROFLMAO
    You copied what I said.. check 1st page post 3
     
    Dollar, Oct 26, 2007 IP
  8. bobchrist

    bobchrist Active Member

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    #48
    I think facebook is less paid they deserve more. :)
     
    bobchrist, Oct 26, 2007 IP
  9. dotWdot

    dotWdot Peon

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    #49
    you sure?
    [​IMG]
     
    dotWdot, Oct 27, 2007 IP
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    nshadab Well-Known Member

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    #50
    Nothing special, Facebook new marketing techs, they want to relax their share holder's they got MS with them, and luring the new ones as well.
     
    nshadab, Oct 27, 2007 IP
  11. tushardhoot1

    tushardhoot1 Active Member

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    #51
    My friend told me about this, and its blantantly stupid.

    What you're saying is that, if I go out and place a bid on XYZ corp.'s shares (a close to bankruptcy company) of 100x of its market price ($1 share going for $100), the company is now worth 100x what is was before?

    No, just because crazy deal is made, it does not change anything.
     
    tushardhoot1, Oct 28, 2007 IP
  12. timiepn

    timiepn Peon

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    #52
    I don't think it is too much. I actually think it was a good idea and a good price.


    MySpace sold for 600 or 700 million and was making next to nothing in revenue at the time. If we went on people’s general calculation that it is worth 2 years revenue then it would have only sold for 20million. Within a year it turned over 800 million in profit and is set to grow to way over a billion profit next financial year

    Now Facebook is way better and is growing way way faster than MySpace. It is not so to speak "monetised". So it has a huge potential.


    And lastly if it fell into the hands of Google, Microsoft would quite literally shed a tear!

    I think I read somewhere that some investment bank said that Facebook will be worth 100bilion in just under 2 years. Quite crazy isn't it.
     
    timiepn, Oct 28, 2007 IP
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    samantha pia Prominent Member

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    #53
    not sure what school you went to, but 15 billion times 100 = 1,500,000,000,000
    thats a lot more than 150 billion
     
    samantha pia, Oct 28, 2007 IP
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    greatzealot Peon

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    whappakool
     
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  15. tushardhoot1

    tushardhoot1 Active Member

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    Not sure where you are getting these stats, because they bought 1% of it at $240 million.

    So that means 240 x 100 = 24 Billion.
     
    tushardhoot1, Oct 28, 2007 IP
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    #56
    Wow :p Someone is telling Facebook is worth $1500 billion? I dunno. I'l have a look around and report back.

    This means that the Facebook company is worth $ 1.5 Trillion ?
     
    cicero, Oct 28, 2007 IP
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    Brian123 Well-Known Member

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    #57
    Facebook is only worth what some big company is willing to pay for it. Although it is a very good idea, there is always "the next big thing" just a click away.
    $15 billion for the site is crazy money, but when you are popular everyone wants a piece of you.
     
    Brian123, Oct 29, 2007 IP
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    totally agree
     
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    #59
    To clarify the mass confusion.

    Microsoft purchased a 1.6 percent stake in Facebook for $240 million

    240000000/.016 = 15000000000
     
    MTheory, Oct 29, 2007 IP
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    Mage Well-Known Member

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    lol @ the person who thought Microsoft was valuing Facebook at $15B per 1%.
     
    Mage, Nov 6, 2007 IP
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