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Three Headwinds for Facebook's IPO

Harvard Business Review

Private Market Valuations aren't Great Indicators of Public Returns The final reason for trepidation is probably the most important. Since his fund's investment, a series of very well publicized auctions on secondary markets have driven Facebook's private market valuation to over 85B. Venture investors look for home runs.

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