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Keep It Under Your Hat: Valuation Caps and the $650 Million Sale of MySpace for $125 Million

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This discussion expands on my Quora answer to a specific question: “ Why were the stock options of MySpace employees worthless even though the company was sold to News Corporation for hundreds of millions? ” The complete story includes a startup-within-a-startup, investments and exits by two VC firms, and some genuine corporate drama.

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Facebook S-1: The Most Anticipated IPO in a Decade ? AGILEVC

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Founded : Spring 2004, incorporated July 2004. who derive a meaningful chunk of their revenue from operating ad networks. 3) Employee Stock Purchases Are a Near-Term ATM - Facebook has issued a combination of stock options and more recently restricted stock units (RSUs) as compensation to employees.

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