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Jeffrey · 1 year ago

...and five hundred Palo Alto real estate agents breathe a sigh of relief.

digidave · 1 year ago

Bubble.

scottshapiro · 1 year ago

but who's buying these shares?

bobqu · 1 year ago

I am active in the secondary market and I have heard of one sale of facebook and it was at a 1bbl vaule. Where do you people get your info. Forget options there is enough private stock already on the market and there have not been a lot of buyers. The reason there are not a lot of buyers is the same reason they haven't gone public lots of users no profits.

Eric Eldon · 1 year ago

Bob, I can't reveal more about where I get my information but if you'd like to tell me more about where you're getting your information, you can reach me at: eric at venturebeat dot com

Nothing I've heard backs up your statements, but feel free to prove me wrong.

facebook vet · 1 year ago

As a facebook vet who sold some shares, I can tell you that the main driver for sales is the massive AMT bills early employees are seeing. The increase in strike price has made it very hard for employees to purchase their grants. Also, I highly doubt you will find many ex-facebook or current facebook employees that are selling their entire grants. Most folks I know want to cover the tax bill, and maybe get a little extra. Of the people I have been in contact with, no one has sold more than 10% - 20% of their grant. Finally, the secondary market for shares varies, 4 billion is about average, though I have heard of higher.

Svetlana Gladkova · 1 year ago

Very interesting insight. Would you mind providing some estimate at about what "a little extra" could be after covering the tax bill for an average FB employee?

Jason · 1 year ago

So help me understand what a potential purchaser gets to see to make judgement on their stock purchase from employees i.e. do they get to see full financials or do you have to make decisions based off of heresay?

scottshapiro · 1 year ago

Great question, and how will investor relations work going forward?

Sounds like this cap table is going to get quite messy.

Dustin · 1 year ago

What financial firm is handling the exercise of options? Merill Lynch? Fidelity? Smith Barney? Prudential?

Napoleon.Complex · 1 year ago

Is there a way to short the shares?

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