Any prospectus put together by Goldman will have significant disclosure and results of their internal audits. Despite the hoopla, this is a pretty regulated are

Any prospectus put together by Goldman will have significant disclosure and results of their internal audits. Despite the hoopla, this is a pretty regulated area of commerce. As to who will read such a prospectus, that's likely a different beast altogether. It's my belief that FB is more likely to be in a pre-IPO Google situation right now, that is, that they're sitting on more than people realize, not less. I recall Google routinely requiring academics to cut the server and request numbers by a factor of 10-100x when giving talks about what was going on, pre-IPO. A luxury I'm sure they would appreciate still having.