An Obsession with the Facebook IPO

OUR OBSESSION WITH FACEBOOK HAS PRO- EVERYTHING PELLED IT TO INSANE YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT HEIGHTS. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THE FACEBOOK'S IPO COMPANY? MONEY. AND LOTS OF IT. RUMORS OF FACEBOOK'S IPO ARE FLYING. AND HOW DO THE PROJECTED WALL STREET IS EXPECTING A RECORD-SHATTERING NUMBERS BREAK DOWN? AMOUNT OF CASH TO BE RAISED. 6X A HISTORIC IPO БХ . FACEBOOK'S IPO WILL BE THE BIGGEST OF ANY TECH COMPANY IN HISTORY. BIGGER THAN GOOGLE'S! > BIGGEST US INTERNET IPOS: SIO BILLION (PROJECTED) APR-JUN 2012 = 100 MILLION SL67 BILLION AUG. 2004 $700 MILLION NOV. 2011 $352.8 MILLION MAY 2011 $300 MILLION JUNE 2011 BANKRATE LINKEDIN GROUPON GOOGLE FACEBOOK ONLY O OTHER US COMPANIES FB IS LIKELY TO BE HAVE HAD SIOB- IPOS: VALUED AT $I0OB THIS WOULD MAKE FB BIGGER THAN: DISNEY $6I BILLION Si8. BIL S197BIL AMAZON $88.3 BILLION AT&T GM VISA MCDONALDS $95.6 BILLION 2000 2008 2010 IF FACEBOOK RAISES $I0OB, 500 A 50 25 MARK ZUCKERBERG WILL RAKE IN $25 BILLION. THAT'S EQUAL TO $50 FROM EACH OF 500 MILLION $50 EACH $25 BILLION DAILY USERS FOR ZUCK HIS DAILY USERS FACEBOOK SHAREHOLDERS"“: MARK ZUCKERBERG SEAN PARKER FOUNDER NAPSTER FOUNDER 24% 4% DUSTIN MOSKOVITZ PETER THIEL CO-FOUNDER PAYPAL FOUNDER IN HARK WE TRUST 6% 3% EDUARDO SAVERIN OTHER 58% CO-FOUNDER 5% "BASED ON 2010 ESTIMATES THE STATE OF FACEBOOK: 1 IN 10 MORE THAN HUMANS ON EARTH USES FACEBOOK 800 MILLION USERS PROJECTED REVENUE BY END OF 2011: SPONSORED $4.2 BILLION FACEBOOK CREDITS - 1% IT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT; 89% BUT APPLE MAKES THAT OF FACEBOOK'S REVENUE IN JUST 3 WEEKS COMES FROM ADVERTISING BY THE END OF THE YEAR, FACEBOOK WILL HAVE: UNIQUE DAILY US VISITORS: కళళళళళ్ళు BUY G. OF THE US'S DISPLAY 1.G00GLE 3. MICROSOFT AD REVENUE SPONSORED 2. YAHOO 4. FACEBOOK 20% THOUGH IT'S 4TH IN DAILY VISITORS, OF THE ADS FACEBOOK IS IN AD REVENUE: SEEN ONLINE ONLINE DISPLAY AD REVENUE TOP 5 MOST SHARED 1. FACEBOOK 4. MICROSOFT I7.7% 4.9% FACEBOOK STORIES OF 2011: 1. BEFORE/AFTER PHOTOS OF 2. YAHOO 5. OTHER JAPAN EARTHOQUAKE (NEW YORK TIMES) 1З.ЛК 55% 2. WHAT TEACHERS REALLY WANT TO TELL PARENTS (CNN) 3. NO, YOUR ZZODIAC SIGN HASN'T CHANGED (CNN) 3. GOOGLE 9.3% 4. PARENTS, DON'T DRESS YOUR GIRLS LIKE TRAMPS (CNN) 5. FATHER DAUGHTER DANCE MEDLEY (YAHOO) ACCOUNTINGDEGREEONLINE.NET HTTP://BLOGS.wSJ.COM/DEALS/2011/11/03/GROUPON-IS-THE-BIGGEST-INTERNET-IPO-SINCE-GOOGLE/ HTTP://www.ZDNET.COM/BLOG/BTL/FACEBOOK-WORTH-100-BILLION-AFTER-IPO/64300 HTTP://FINANCE.YAHOO.COM/0?S=MCD HTTP://BLOGS.WSJ.COM/DIGITS/2011/11/28/ZUCKERBERG-IPO-HAUL-COULD-TOP-24-BILLION/ HTTP://wwW.FASTCOMPANY.COM/MAGAZINE/160/TECH-WARS-2012-AMAZON-APPLE-GOOGLE-FACEBOOK HTTP://ONLINE. WSJ.COM/ARTICLE/SB10001424052970203935604577066773790883672.HTML HTTP://www.CNBC.COM/ID/45063391/FACEBOOK_DOMINATES DISPLAY_ADS_NEW_COMSCORE REPORT HTTP://wwW.EMARKETER.COM/PRESSRELEASE.ASPX?R=1008450 HTTPS://wwW.FACEBOOK.COM/NOTES/FACEBOOK-MEDIA/MOST-SHARED ARTICLES-ON-FACEBOOK-IN 2011/263221585046671 OOee THIS WORK IS LICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE BY N ND COMMONS LICENSE. BY