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Second-Class Investor Citizens: Facebook’s IPO and Dual-Class Equity Structures

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Dual-class voting structures are receiving a lot of attention these days along with intense publicity related to the Facebook IPO , following in the wake of other recent tech IPOs with a similar structure such as Zynga and LinkedIn. Options and warrants, when issued, are also typically exercisable for shares of Common Stock.

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

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As much as I love Linux (and would love to make it my primary OS across all of my development systems), it simply lacks the market share necessary to warrant the investment of my efforts. Take note of what Paul Graham said in 2004: [link] — he is talking along similar lines. March 27, 2011 at 8:06 pm. Randolph Cabral.

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