Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) will lose its CFO, David Ebersman, at the end of this year. He will be replaced by Zynga's former CFO, David Wehner. Nonetheless, Ebersman will be leaving Facebook with good will as the company first quarter sales pummeled all estimates. In fact, Facebook … [Read more...]
Facebook: Dominating presence in the mobile world
Only two short years ago, Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) was having a difficult time convincing people to invest in its stock after its IPO. Investors saw what happened to Zynga, once an Internet darling, having been ransacked by mobile gaming. However, Mark Zuckerberg was not going to … [Read more...]
How Zynga Generates Revenues
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The last company I want to discuss in this series is the one with the most direct-to-consumer model of business. Zynga’s business model specifically surrounds directly engaging consumers with their line of social gaming products, but then creates income for investors through both a … [Read more...]
How an Online Business Creates Value for an Investor
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A fascinating new trend from the last three years has been the emergence of social media. Having created value through serving advertisements on a scale comparable to Google (sort of), companies like Facebook have created all sorts of amazing business opportunities for aggressive … [Read more...]
