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Re: Facebook CFO Leaving the Company; IPO Imminent?

Gilligan — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:14:59 -0000

I would love to see this. It would be a huge opportunity to make a lot of money shorting a stock!

Re: Facebook CFO Leaving the Company; IPO Imminent?

Ian — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 09:49:13 -0000

did obama fire him?

Re: Facebook CFO Leaving the Company; IPO Imminent?

Lou Sagar — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 08:31:37 -0000

Facebook investors want a liquidity event, and although the IPO markets are in the morgue, a #Facebook public offering, will likely be a big test....stay tuned..

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Re: Facebook CFO Leaving the Company; IPO Imminent?

palta — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:00:25 -0000

Even if Facebook went public, who would buy the stock? They have been hemorrhaging cash every since the website began. What's going to change that?

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Re: Facebook CFO Leaving the Company; IPO Imminent?

Wisewinston — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:50:53 -0000

Agreed

Re: Facebook CFO Leaving the Company; IPO Imminent?

Adam Ostrow — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:32:35 -0000

my guess is that it will actually have a higher value going public than private investors are currently willing to give it. hype = retail investors plowing money in, at least initially ...

Re: Facebook CFO Leaving the Company; IPO Imminent?

Tedeks — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:03:26 -0000

Going to be real interesting if they choose to go public. With the economy the way it is, it will be interesting to see what happens. Would be interested to see the IPO price.

Re: Facebook CFO Leaving the Company; IPO Imminent?

swag — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:40:14 -0000

Yep. A bit of lazy reporting not to connect those dots, IMO.

Re: Facebook CFO Leaving the Company; IPO Imminent?

christa — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:51:02 -0000

Hmmm. Does that mean they'd have someone there who actually responses to emails begging for help?

Re: Facebook CFO Leaving the Company; IPO Imminent?

Blogger_4life — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:35:22 -0000

Maybe Yu should get on with Centered Magazine! Supposedly its going to be the next big hit. Its suppose to be compared to a Facebook, Monster, and Online Magazine all in one site. I have been tracking them for about 3 weeks and they are really starting to make lead way. See what you think. www.centeredmag.com

Re: Facebook CFO Leaving the Company; IPO Imminent?

Facebook User — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:57:08 -0000

Crystal ball predictions: Facebook goes public, doesn't make enough money, slaps more ads everywhere (Or something similar), starts to annoy (keeps annoying?) more users leaving the doors wide open to the next challenger to take over the lead as the social networking site of choice.

This could be a completely rubbish prediction, obviously. When was the last time you looked in a crystal ball and turned out to be right?

Re: Facebook CFO Leaving the Company; IPO Imminent?

Wisewinston — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:41:13 -0000

As Michael Arrington correctly points out on TechCrunch, Yu was previously Senior Vice President of Finance at Yahoo (after it became a public company) so the given explanation by Facebook for his departure SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN AT FACE VALUE

Re: Facebook CFO Leaving the Company; IPO Imminent?

Jobs — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:26:02 -0000

IPO is great, cause markets will go more bullish soon! Bottom is there.
We at http://www.spirofrog.de would buy that FB Stock :-)

Re: Facebook CFO Leaving the Company; IPO Imminent?

George Snell — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:24:49 -0000

I find it unlikely that Facebook will be testing the IPO waters with the global economy in freefall. The market goes up and down like a yoyo nearly every day and those aren't conditions that a company looking to go public wants to be test. It will be interesting to watch though.

Re: Facebook CFO Leaving the Company; IPO Imminent?

Screen Sleuth — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:33:57 -0000

Yeah, it would be interesting, but would it be sustainable as a business model? Enough to invest in it? That's the real question.

Re: Facebook CFO Leaving the Company; IPO Imminent?

Jeff — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:24:42 -0000

Thanks Adam - yeah not what I'm looking for but still interesting, much appreciated!

Re: Facebook CFO Leaving the Company; IPO Imminent?

Adam Ostrow — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:15:16 -0000

have you checked out intrade? they have futures contracts on when Facebook will IPO. Not exactly what you're looking for, but kinda cool.

Re: Facebook CFO Leaving the Company; IPO Imminent?

Jeff — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:11:17 -0000

I'd love to see this, if for no other reason than for a real market value to be established for Facebook.

I'd still rather put on the Long Twitter / Short Facebook trade if I had the chance. I agree with Fred Wilson at Union Square Ventures - there really needs to be some kind of secondary market for pre-ipo tech companies.

Re: Facebook CFO Leaving the Company; IPO Imminent?

Scott Barrington — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:01:13 -0000

it would be great to see if facebook can get there numbers in the black before the IPO. like google did.

Re: Facebook CFO Leaving the Company; IPO Imminent?

Mark — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:45:33 -0000

I wish www.buzzmoi.com can do the same lol

Re: Facebook CFO Leaving the Company; IPO Imminent?

Julie — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:36:21 -0000

Adam, is there any information available regarding what Yu's next "adventure" will be?