The Facebook IPO is coming! In its latest S-1, the social media company reveals continued user base growth, slowing revenue gains and a dip in profits … along with explanations for all of this. Also, Facebook’s stock exchange choice is …
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Would you spend $1 bn on any of these companies? [PURE SPECULATION]
What would you pay for some of the hottest start-ups on the web? Following the $1 bn acquisition of Instagram, only two years old, by Facebook, everyone is trying to figure out which company will get acquired at an insane …
Year one: investor relations [CHART]
With 2011 behind us, we now have some perspective on last year’s IPO market, and how these new companies have performed in the investor relations area. Obviously, it was a tough year to go public, although a few of these …
The view from cyberspace [INVESTOR RELATIONS]
If any company was going to create a unique new IR website, you’d expect it to be one of the hot new social networking or new media IPOs from the last year (writes Tom Johansmeyer and Neil Stewart). At first …
Yelp IPO: up 60 percent, hits $1.4 bn
The Yelp IPO was a big one. When the dust settled on the first day, the company walked away with a market cap of $1.4 bn – based on a 60 percent increase during its trading debut. According to CNET, …
Kiip nabs advertising guru from Zynga
Remember that story about underage CEOs? Well, here’s what they’re capable of. Brian Wong, 20 years old, is the CEO of mobile advertising firm Kiip. And, he just poached a major exec from Zynga. Manny Anekal, formerly led the brand …
INFOGRAPHIC: Does revenue growth make an IPO difference?
Does revenue growth make a difference in IPO pricing? Check out the dynamic infographic from Tableau Software … and judge for yourself. Click here for FREE email alerts from Inside IPO >> Source: Tableau Software
7 tech IPO highlights from NASDAQ
The battle for dominance in the tech IPO market has been heated, with both NYSE and NASDAQ vying for the coolest listings between New York and Silicon Valley. So, how is NASDAQ doing? Let’s take a look at some stats …
Facebook is way ahead on this one metric [INFOGRAPHIC]
Now that Facebook has opened the kimono, it’s time for us to sift through every detail we can find. Inevitably, we’ll all want to benchmark Facebook against the other social media companies that have gone public, in order to try …
REVEALED: Facebook’s financials [FACEBOOK S-1]
We’ve been speculating forever, and now, finally we know. Here are the details from Facebook‘s S-1: Revenue: Facebook picked up $3.71 bn in revenue last year, up from $1.97 bn in 2010 and $777 mn in 2009. Fueling the 88 …