http://vijaysblog.wordpress.com/2007/10/27/the-hoopla-on-facebooks-valuation/ a perspective as seen from the trenches. Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:22:31 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://vijaysblog.wordpress.com/2007/10/27/the-hoopla-on-facebooks-valuation/#comment-1379 Siddharta Sat, 27 Oct 2007 10:59:41 +0000 http://vijaysblog.wordpress.com/2007/10/27/the-hoopla-on-facebooks-valuation/#comment-1379 Exactly. MS hasn't spent $240m on only buying a stake. They also get an exclusive advertising partnership beating out Google. Thats a huge win for MS. I think a substantial value of the $240m is for that. Exactly. MS hasn’t spent $240m on only buying a stake. They also get an exclusive advertising partnership beating out Google. Thats a huge win for MS. I think a substantial value of the $240m is for that.

]]> http://vijaysblog.wordpress.com/2007/10/27/the-hoopla-on-facebooks-valuation/#comment-1373 Ghillie Suits » The Hoopla on Facebook’s valuation. Sat, 27 Oct 2007 04:04:53 +0000 http://vijaysblog.wordpress.com/2007/10/27/the-hoopla-on-facebooks-valuation/#comment-1373 [...] Check it out! While looking through the blogosphere we stumbled on an interesting post today.Here’s a quick excerpt, will ya? Microsoft has bought a less than 2% stake in the company at about USD 240 million. People… billion. The calculation is all wrong. A 2% stake in Facebook, for microsoft is worth 240 Million. and thats all there is to it. What does Microsoft get out of this entire deal? A foothold on trying… sense for Microsoft to do this? I think its perfectly justified. Facebook makes around 140 Million… would be making. Microsoft would rake in back whatever they have invested quite quickly. Also [...] [...] Check it out! While looking through the blogosphere we stumbled on an interesting post today.Here’s a quick excerpt, will ya? Microsoft has bought a less than 2% stake in the company at about USD 240 million. People… billion. The calculation is all wrong. A 2% stake in Facebook, for microsoft is worth 240 Million. and thats all there is to it. What does Microsoft get out of this entire deal? A foothold on trying… sense for Microsoft to do this? I think its perfectly justified. Facebook makes around 140 Million… would be making. Microsoft would rake in back whatever they have invested quite quickly. Also [...]

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