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• mohit - Oct 24 2007 | facebook, microsoft, social software, social networking

  Had to redot. This is a nice valuation for Facebook (P/E = 500).

  Quoted: Microsoft will invest $240 million for a 1.6 percent stake in the company, said Adam Sohn, a director in Microsoft’s online services group. The investment values the three-year-old Facebook, which will bring in about $150 million in revenue this year, at $15 billion.

  • tigerexotique - Oct 24 2007
    

    yea, i read about this when the deal was first being discussed. Mark Zuckerburgh is a genius...$240million!

  • kennykamada - Oct 25 2007
    

    P/E = 500!!! Wow, I guess we can expect 500% ad revenue growth year over year :)

  • mohit - Oct 25 2007
    

    if the deal has an exclusivity clause where microsoft gets all the ad inventory, then the deal can maybe be rationalized. more here:

    http://bluedot.us:81/users/mike/dot/99331349074

  • kennykamada - Oct 25 2007
    

    Yep, read Mike's dot. It seems like MSFT is backdooring GOOG to capture more of the ad revenue through Facebook. MSFT has been really successful capturing growth through acquisition rather than reinventing the wheel. I have always admired how they have taken successful businesses and improved their models. It still comes at a steep price!
• timchao - Oct 24 2007 | on, microsoft, google

  Sweet. What do we win?

  Quoted: Microsoft prevailed in a high-profile technology industry battle with Google and Yahoo to invest in the social networking upstart.

  • srainier - Oct 24 2007
    

    Beer!

  • akabagel - Oct 25 2007
    

    beer?! sweet!!!
• anarchyintheuk - Oct 28 2007

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