The end of Facebook

Re:The end of Facebook by hvs on Thursday June 16, 2011 @09:28AM (#2661130)

I completely agree, but one point that he briefly mentions that I think is even more interesting is the idea of a Facebook IPO.

Consider that Facebook isn't going anywhere (most likely) and will be a major company for a long time. That still doesn't change the fact that if they've already done all of the their major growing (user-wise, I'm assuming that they will continue to look for new revenue sources), their IPO could be a significant letdown for investors if there is simply no where to go but flat.

That said, I don't know any more (or less) that this guy..

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Re:The end of Facebook by jordan0day on Thursday June 16, 2011 @10:41AM (#2661412)

Yeah, at this point why would they IPO (except to get rich[er], of course)? Obviously they could grow in some unforeseen way, but if they don't have an ace up their sleeve, what business reason would they have for needing additional capital?

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Re:The end of Facebook by rsuttongee on Thursday June 16, 2011 @11:54AM (#2661767)

Well, there may or may not be a pressing business need for capital, but I'm sure a lot of the current shareholders would see an IPO as a good exit.

I suppose it's possible that facebook could still be acquired, but given how large they are, and the huge amount of cash/stock it would require to buy them, that seems unlikely to me.

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Re:The end of Facebook by sixtofour on Thursday June 16, 2011 @03:36PM (#2662878)

Too big to float.

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Re:The end of Facebook by ralfd on Thursday June 16, 2011 @04:39PM (#2663145)

Major point for an IPO: SEC regulation requires businesses with more than $10 million in assets and over 499 shareholders to go public.

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