This will be a short note as I have family obligations to attend this afternoon. My daughter is home for spring break from the great frozen north and we're headed to John Pennekamp park down in the Florida Keys this afternoon so she can thaw out. So just a few random thoughts and observations from last week's action: Mark Zuckerberg [...]
in exchange for an aggregate of 183,865,778 shares of Parent’s Class A common stock (valued at $12 billion based on the average closing price of the six trading days preceding February 18, 2014 of $65.2650 per share (“Specified Price”)) and $4 billion in cash… In addition, upon Closing, Parent will grant 45,966,444 restricted stock units to WhatsApp employees (valued at $3 billion based on the Specified [...]
Facebook closed the week on a new low and the press is replete with tales of IPO investors' woes, the demoralizing effect on employees and whether CEO Zuckerberg is in over his hoodie. Slate even featured a ridiculous article by a University of Washington professor advocating the nationalization of the company because it "has become a public good and an [...]
Thinking Things Over May 6, 2012 Volume II, Number 18: The Facebook Phenomenon and Its Economic Impact By John L. Chapman, Ph.D. Canton, Ohio. Facebook, Inc. begins its investor roadshow this week in anticipation of an initial public offering on May 18. The company's potential is virtually unlimited, though business history is replete with should-have would-have could-have stories. Regardless of its fate [...]
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