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I just pulled it out of the air for dramatic purposes.

• DanLivesHere 16y ago
  Yeah, but your drama is way off. They claim 500MM active users. Assume that's a total lie, and it's 50MM. Assume their valuation is 100 billion (twice the Goldman round). Let's also assume that they hit a P/E ratio of, oh, 10. (Google's at 22, Apple 19, Yahoo 18, so 10 is really low.) So to hit a 100b valuation, they'd need to earn 10b annually, or $200/user. $200/user is on the high end, but reasonable, at least as far as U.S. users are concerned. (For what it's worth: Twitter would have been a good example, I think.)
  • pclark 16y ago
    Facebook has 500 Million active users, where active is defined as logging in at least once a month.