February 3, 2012

Why Facebook Ought to Ditch Its IPO

John Gapper, Financial Times

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At long last Facebook has filed for its initial public offering, the most eagerly awaited event in Silicon Valley since Google went public in 2004. Having read the prospectus, with its details of how profitable and cash-rich the social networking enterprise is, may I suggest it calls the whole thing off.
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