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Facebook is so screwed. FYI, apparently in 2009, they were so broke that they couldn't find funding and relied heavily on a few Russian oligarchs to help fund
by NN88 9y ago
Facebook is so screwed.
FYI, apparently in 2009, they were so broke that they couldn't find funding and relied heavily on a few Russian oligarchs to help fund their growth.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/27/technology/internet/27facebook.html http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/27/technology/internet/27face...
Zuckerberg even met with the Russian president Medvedev too around the time of the IPO:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-usmanov/facebook-bet-pays-off-for-russias-usmanov-idUSBRE84G1BM20120517 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-usmanov/facebook...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjN_1IydBIA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjN_1IydBIA