The Facebook IPO is obviously too hot and something that everybody will watch. It is like a MJ release – you cannot ignore it.
However the question is:
Will it be the next Microsoft? Well not really sure – but MS grew AFTER it went public. In case of FB the client acquisition is already done. FB has to improve the engagement. I am already seeing lack of privacy as an issue.
Is FB the Sony, Kodak,….types – let us face it, their BEST is already BEHIND it. Look at the implosion in Nokia.
Samsung and other Korean companies have beaten the s…t out of it.
I think some of the risks are serious. However Wall Street Journal has done a good job of extracting some of the risk factors:
Source:Subramoney.com