US IPO activity LinkedIn
After Demand Media ($ DMD) and Nielsen ($ NLSN) comes LINKEDIN.
Some background information
LinkedIn Files To Go Public, Shines Spotlight On Its Finances
...LinkedIn Corp. filed to go public – the first of several high-profile social media companies expected to take the plunge. from WSJ.com: Venture Capital Dispatch
...LinkedIn Files For IPO, Seeking $175 Million [Bloomberg] $$$ Charlie Sheen rushed to hospital after bash with 5 women [NYP] $$$ Bill Clinton: 6 Years Before US Jobs Come Back [CNBC] $$$ Soros Says Higher Commodity Prices Likely to Last for a `Couple of Years‘ [Bloomberg] $$$ The ‘Working Rich‘ [Reuters] $$$ John Carney: How The Government Destro... from DealBreaker.com
Where LinkedIn's ~$200 Million Revenues Come From
...LinkedIn revenues were $161 million through the first 9 months of 2010. Figure the last quarter wasn't a disaster and that's about $200 million per year. Where does all that money come from? Ads, tools for recruiters, and subscriptions. In September 2010,LinkedIn generated… 45% of its revenues, or $28 million from recruiting 29%, or $18 mil... from SAI
...on the LinkedIn blog: LinkedIn Corporation announced today that it has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering of its Class A common stock. The number of shares to be offered and the price range for the offering have not yet been determined. A portion of the shares wil... from FT Alphaville
LinkedIn’s Largest Shareholders And How Much They Own
...LinkedIn’s S-1 filing was released today, and the filing includes a wealth of information that we’ve never seen before. This includes sales, profit, revenue breakdown and more. One interesting data point shared in the filing is LinkedIn’s largest shareholders and how much each shareholder owns. Out of the 5 percent stockholders, the company’s la... from TechCrunch
LinkedIn IPO: What The Analysts Are Saying
...social network LinkedIn filed to go public on the stock market today and is expected to be just one of a number of initial public offerings by tech companies this year. In a survey we ran on ReadWriteWeb earlier this month, 66.04% of respondents said they would consider buying stock in LinkedIn - but what have the professional analysts got to sa... from ReadWriteWeb
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