Ring the bells: It's a landmark day for Wall Street and Silicon Valley as the world's biggest social network becomes a public company. It is the largest VC-backed tech IPO ever—10 times bigger than Google's IPO in 2004, and the third largest public offering in the history of the United States, just behind General Motors and Visa. MORE >>

Russia's biggest search engine Yandex is planning to file for a $1,5 billion IPO early 2011. This news comes after mere weeks since another IT-giant from Russia, Mail.ru, filed for a $1 billion IPO. In that light it is only logical that another internet giant from Russia files for an IPO. MORE >>

Dot.com Bubble ( 1995-2000): “ Anything goes” as public markets clamor for ideas, vague promises of future growth, and IPOs happen absent regard for history or profitability. With Netscape’s IPO , there was suddenly a public market for companies with limited revenue and no profit. Carpe Diem. We’re now in the second Internet bubble. MORE >>

IDEA #100 – Twitter License Plate social network IDEA #99 – Group Learning of Anything in Weeks! The Largest Social Network In World, Untapped I was at Web 2.0 Eminem’s “Recovery&# is his best yet Twilio ideas brainstorm: SMS, Voice, API M&A/IPO = Broken ROI Model for VCs? Must Hear. MORE >>

Many people seem to use the social network advertising model for revenue, but forget it assumes at least 100M users and $50M investment. Going public” (IPO) is another alternative, but not common. People ask me if they really need ANY business plan, unless they are looking for an outside investor. Solution and benefits. MORE >>