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Facebook IPO – A $100 Billion Nightmare?

December 6th, 2011
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A Facebook IPO is in the works.

As the company prepares to go public it’s boosting its operations to prepare for life as a public company.

According to Forbes, the company is beefing up staff in its advertising departments in New York, presumably to lock in more valuable advertising contracts (and earnings) before a big IPO on Wall Street.

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How Facebook Makes Money

March 17th, 2011

As we look at how different web 2.0 businesses make money, especially in light of new IPOs, I thought it might be important to examine how Facebook makes money, and how it will continue to grow revenue in an industry that is very much unprofitable.

Facebook’s Revenue Source

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Google Vs Facebook: The Value of a Visitor

January 31st, 2011
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There’s a lot of talk online and offline about the growth of Facebook, and concerns about its influence on the web and Google’s profits. The concern is that Facebook, now the most popular site in the world, will dominate Google in driving visitors to their new favorite sites. That used to be Google’s job… Read more…

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