Facebook stands to make at least $16 billion on its initial public offering (IPO). That’s the most any tech company has ever made from an IPO, and it’ll give Facebook unprecedented control over its own destiny.
It’ll also instantly have a ton of capital. There’s no shortage of projects that Facebook can and should tackle head-on with its newfound cash, but it needs to prioritize. Everything from mobile to ecommerce to pure research and development are ripe for investment, but the company can’t do everything at once.
それと同時に即座に巨額の資金を手にする。その新たな資金があれば、Facebookのできるプロジェクト、そして真っ向から取り組むべきプロジェクトはいくらでもある。だが、優先順位をつける必要はある。モバイルからeコマースそして純粋な研究開発など全ては投資すべき状態にあるが、すべてを一度に手掛けることはできない。
An IPO also changes a company fundamentally. It now answers to shareholders, and those shareholders will expect their investment to grow substantially over time, both short-term and long-term. Facebook needs to choose the projects that will pay off for its investors while still keeping its users happy.
We’ve picked out the top areas we think Facebook should target when it comes time to start shoveling itself out from under the mountains of money it’ll soon be buried in. Let us know what you think of our choices — and how you would spend that $16 billion if you were in charge of Facebook — in the comments.
Facebookはまもなくお金に埋もれてしまい、その山のようなお金の下をかき分けて這い出た時に、Facebookが何にターゲットを置くべきかという私達が考える重要項目を上げてみた。私達が挙げた項目についてどう思うか ーそしてもしあなたがFacebookを運営していたら160億ドルを何に使うかー についてコメントを送って欲しい。
What Is an IPO?
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