The Maturation of Mark Zuckerberg

Re:The Maturation of Mark Zuckerberg by EternalFury on Sunday May 06, 2012 @11:41PM (#3937486)

The IPO is timely because there is no telling how long it will take for Facebook to become the next MySpace. It could be 6 months or a couple of years, or never, if they find some way to reinvent themselves before then.

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Re:The Maturation of Mark Zuckerberg by chime on Sunday May 06, 2012 @11:58PM (#3937528)

I'm not at all worried about Facebook failing. I'm worried about them succeeding beyond all expectations.

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Re:The Maturation of Mark Zuckerberg by joering2 on Monday May 07, 2012 @02:00AM (#3937811)

Well, one is for sure: Zuckerberg was very lucky that Instagram owners were not mini-Zucks. Scared to think what will happen next time when Zuck needs to buy a competitor and they owner will greet him with: "Hello, Mr. Mark, I am Bark, CEO of X, Bitch!"

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Re:The Maturation of Mark Zuckerberg by hyperbovine on Monday May 07, 2012 @01:21AM (#3937713)

I think that ship has already sailed...

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Re:The Maturation of Mark Zuckerberg by EternalFury on Monday May 07, 2012 @12:03AM (#3937536)

You shouldn't be worried about either.

Smoke and mirrors are always in stock.

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Re:The Maturation of Mark Zuckerberg by chime on Monday May 07, 2012 @12:53AM (#3937641)

Not the stock I'm concerned with. It's the fact that 1 in 8 people in the world now use Facebook monthly. When that becomes 1/3 or 1/2, what happens? A successful IPO can make that happen.

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Re:The Maturation of Mark Zuckerberg by coryl on Monday May 07, 2012 @01:23AM (#3937722)

I can't really see how a successful IPO helps them grow, its not like they need the cash?

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