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# Facebook Files for IPO
- URL: https://chrisenns.com/2012/02/facebook-files-for-ipo/
- Published: 2012-02-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-04-08T23:52:16.000Z
- Author: Chris Enns
- Tags: Uncategorized, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-04-08 17:47, #ichris

Hoping to raise somewhere between $5 and $10 billion on a public IPO, Facebook is about to change.

> From here on out, Facebook will be judged by its share price, market cap, P/E ratio and a whole host of other Wall Street jargon. Pay no attention to Zuckerbeg's assertion that the company won't be beholden to quarterly reports: they will (just ask Jeff Bezos, who made a similar promise when Amazon went public).

When a third of your employees could become millionaires on the day shares trade, it'll be interesting to see who decides to leave and who sticks around. There's a lot of interesting things to do once you have a million dollars - more interesting than sitting in a cubicle making widgets for a billionaire.

[What Facebook's IPO Means to You](https://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/what%5Ffacebooks%5Fipo%5Fmeans%5Fto%5Fyou.php?ref=chrisenns.com) for more thoughts.