Killian Sees Facebook IPO in 2010

Brittany Darwell · Top Commenter · Missouri (Mizzou)
Definitely. I didn't see enough focus on that after the Charlie Rose interview. Everyone jumped on what Zuck said about Steve Jobs and Google+, or what Sandberg said about women. But Zuck's attitude toward the IPO question was so different than anything he's said publicly before: "We’ve made this implicit promise to our investors and to our employees that by compensating them with equity and by giving them equity, that at some point we’re going to make that equity worth something publicly and liquidly, in a liquid way."

Eric Rosser Eldon · Top Commenter · Writer at TechCrunch
Good point, Brittany. Can't wait for you to get started writing :)

Brittany Darwell · Top Commenter · Missouri (Mizzou)
Soon!

Max Woolf · Subscribe · Top Commenter · Carnegie Mellon University · 365 subscribers
Facebook just built a new campus in Palo Alto, and they are still hiring employees en masse, so I think Facebook has proper considerations for its employees, and its hopes of continuing to grow. (One of my close friends at CMU recently accepted a full-time offer from FB.)

Nikunj Kothari · Subscribe · Yahoo!
Love the title "facebookipnooo".

Max Woolf · Subscribe · Top Commenter · Carnegie Mellon University · 365 subscribers
Said by someone who works at Yahoo.

Nikunj Kothari · Subscribe · Yahoo!
Max Woolf Used to*


Samir Sam · Subscribe
The IPO could happen as early as next month means that Facebook is feeling heat from Google +, yet to make early investors happy and yes your point is valid to retain employees and level of motivation pertaining to their stocks.
http://thetechnologycafe.com/facebook-to-file-ipo-as-soon-as-next-monthrumor/

Broad Castic · Top Commenter · Works at Founder at content delivery/responce startup www.Broadcastic.com
That's what SecondMarket is for. Employees can sell stock there. If professionals pressuring Zakaburger - it's time to let go.

Eric Rosser Eldon · Top Commenter · Writer at TechCrunch
Current employees are prohibited by Facebook from selling stock, and they need to have vested to do so anyway (with an exception or two that I'll write about later).

Taylor Crane · Subscribe · Top Commenter · New York, New York
This stock is going to be overvalued beyond comprehension. Can't wait.

Chris Huge · Works at Fgwar
Once IPO done, with wider access, will Google+ still have a chance? http://www.fgwar.com/