Comments on: What a Facebook IPO means for Silicon Valley http://gigaom.com/2012/02/01/what-a-facebook-ipo-means-for-silicon-valley/ Sat, 18 May 2013 17:02:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Andrew Field http://gigaom.com/2012/02/01/what-a-facebook-ipo-means-for-silicon-valley/#comment-808486 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:05:37 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=479551#comment-808486 “Economics is a zero sum game” is completely wrong. Wealth creation is just that: creation of new wealth. Also known as “growing the pie,” rather than fighting over a fixed pool of resources.

Look around the world. The average American is 700% wealthier, in real terms, than 100 years ago. 300 million Chinese have moved from $1/day poverty into a middle class. All this without a corresponding drop in anyone else’s wealth. Today the world has more food than at any time in history. Also more food per person. More cellphones per person. More information.

Rant complete, I agree that it is a bubble which will pop.

]]> By: Sascha Konietzke http://gigaom.com/2012/02/01/what-a-facebook-ipo-means-for-silicon-valley/#comment-805655 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:08:41 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=479551#comment-805655 Will the IPO create the “Facebook Mafia”? What will happen to the existing local families (e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PayPal_Mafia)?

Looking forward to some competition in this area… this might yield to many mob fights :).

]]> By: Craig Clifford http://gigaom.com/2012/02/01/what-a-facebook-ipo-means-for-silicon-valley/#comment-805146 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:39:14 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=479551#comment-805146 I think the SEC might question the legality?

]]> By: Kreativ Theme http://gigaom.com/2012/02/01/what-a-facebook-ipo-means-for-silicon-valley/#comment-804912 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:07:31 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=479551#comment-804912 I think the money will be invested in mobile, acquiring more companies and improve their platform, which is essential for the apps …

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2012/02/01/what-a-facebook-ipo-means-for-silicon-valley/#comment-804811 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:28:17 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=479551#comment-804811 Pete

I like your skepticism. I think you see this movie enough times you know what is coming….

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2012/02/01/what-a-facebook-ipo-means-for-silicon-valley/#comment-804810 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:26:18 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=479551#comment-804810 Josh

Agreed — everything that goes up eventually comes down. However in the interim, this is going to be one helluva right.

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2012/02/01/what-a-facebook-ipo-means-for-silicon-valley/#comment-804809 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:25:27 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=479551#comment-804809 Well put.

]]> By: larryw http://gigaom.com/2012/02/01/what-a-facebook-ipo-means-for-silicon-valley/#comment-804808 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:25:11 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=479551#comment-804808 Joshua. I agree this one is a bubble, but for different reasons. However, economics is not a zero sum game; if it were, economic growth would be impossible.

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2012/02/01/what-a-facebook-ipo-means-for-silicon-valley/#comment-804807 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:25:10 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=479551#comment-804807 I see you know a few people at that company….

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2012/02/01/what-a-facebook-ipo-means-for-silicon-valley/#comment-804805 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:24:22 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=479551#comment-804805 That is a good idea. I hope they actually take your advise.

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