Facebook IPO

Facebook makes money form more than just advertising. There are all kids of game, gambling and otherwise where you can buy credits. Where does that money go? You can trade in your winnings for prizes or money. It goes right in their pockets.
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Originally posted by: way2goofy
Facebook makes money form more than just advertising. There are all kids of game, gambling and otherwise where you can buy credits. Where does that money go? You can trade in your winnings for prizes or money. It goes right in their pockets.


Not really, that money is ZYNGAs, the maker of all those games. Facebook get a percentage of rev.s from those games and if memory serves, its about 25%.

J

Oh and another thing, ZYNGA money is only about 10% of FB rev.s, ALL the rest is advertising.

Shares are down to $19 and expected to drop further as the lock up periods come due and more shares are dumped on the market
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Originally posted by: hoops2
Shares are down to $19 and expected to drop further as the lock up periods come due and more shares are dumped on the market


Yep, last week 270 mil shares unlocked, this fall another 270 mil shares unlock then at the end of the year and additional 1.2 billion shares unlock. Thats not a typo 1.2 billion more shares unlock. That 8-10 a share range is looking more and more possible all the time. Short, long, I still want nothing to do with it, I see no reason to play with it at all.

J

Now that things have shaken out, it should lead to a rise in FB. No matter what happens to the stock, the principles got their money when the stock was first released. By the IPO investment firms putting it out at a higher price, means that they and the principles got more for their money. I'm sure that they are looking for the long term.

When you have a guy as smart as Eisenberg, who started this whole thing, you have to know that he has something up his sleeve to get this stock to a higher price. Remember when Apple and Jobs were down the tubes and so was their stock? Well today the stock became the most valuable in the world! More valuable than Microsoft was in 1999.

A person that has the IQ of Eisenberg, makes things happen. It may take some time like it did Jobs, but he WILL make something happen. you just have to have some faith and wait around a bit. Things will happen sooner or later. Just remember that the market hasn't reached it's full volatility yet Things will be great for FB in years to come!
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Originally posted by: BAGIANT
Now that things have shaken out, it should lead to a rise in FB. No matter what happens to the stock, the principles got their money when the stock was first released. By the IPO investment firms putting it out at a higher price, means that they and the principles got more for their money. I'm sure that they are looking for the long term.

When you have a guy as smart as Eisenberg, who started this whole thing, you have to know that he has something up his sleeve to get this stock to a higher price. Remember when Apple and Jobs were down the tubes and so was their stock? Well today the stock became the most valuable in the world! More valuable than Microsoft was in 1999.

A person that has the IQ of Eisenberg, makes things happen. It may take some time like it did Jobs, but he WILL make something happen. you just have to have some faith and wait around a bit. Things will happen sooner or later. Just remember that the market hasn't reached it's full volatility yet Things will be great for FB in years to come!


With all due respect Bob, umm, not quite. I've read both books and have been following FB for a while now. Truth is mark Zuckerberg while being an extremely intelligent fellow, doesn't have the faintest clue on how to run a business, especially one the size that FB has become. This was the whole reason he originally had Eduard Savarin as chief business dude and that ended badly(he's the one who just renounced citizenship and move to malysia or somewhere). If it wasn't for Sean Parker to originally lead Zuckerberg through the sharks of the VC's, things would probably be much different right now because Parker had the experience of starting napster and was familiar with silicon valley.

Parker is gone now and its Zuckerberg all alone and he has an iron fist grip on control of this co and its either swim or sink with him as the leader. He has visions of what he wants FB to eventually end up being, if he gets there or not remains to be seen.

J
Watching CNBC and they're just reporting Peter Thiel, the very first VC investor in FB, unloaded almost all of his stock, from 44 mil to 6 mil remaining. He also holds a directors seat on the board and there's not that many seats, 5 I believe. Hmmm, interesting.
The wake of Facebook has brought my love for boring utility stocks and their boring dividends into a whole new light (pun intended).
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