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If they see any others as existential threats, yes, all of them. Facebook’s current valuation is $599 billion. Instagram was roughly $1 billion at the time it w
by troydavis 8y ago
If they see any others as existential threats, yes, all of them. Facebook’s current valuation is $599 billion. Instagram was roughly $1 billion at the time it was acquired.
Facebook could acquire 100 more Instagrams and have every single one of them fail - or even shut them down - without all that much dilution.
(Cisco and EMC from 1990-2010 are successful examples of this strategy. See DataDomain, Isilon, Cerent, and arguably Crescendo for example acquisitions.)