On Friday May 18, 2012 Facebook went public and started trading on the NASDAQ stock exchange. The initial evaluation was set at $38/share. Prior to the initial public offering (IPO) some speculated that the initial value could be set up to as much as $45/share. Between Friday and Monday, friends and colleagues asked me if …
If you are not aware of it yet, the group buying wars are heating up. At the end of 2010, Google offered the owners of Groupon, the most popular group buying website, $6 billion to purchase the company. Groupon declined the offer and, instead, is reportedly gearing up for a $15 billion IPO, according to …