January 2011
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The $50bn (educated?) guess
Over the past two days I have been involved in a fascinating discussion regarding Facebook’s $50bn valuation on a finance/economics/investing Google Group of which I am a member. Many of the ‘traditional’ econ/finance folks are shocked by the bubble-esque valuation. At the same time, the technologists in the group all remain adamant bulls.
Valuing a company like Facebook is...