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Some provisions in JOBS Act are bothersome
Posted on 30. Mar, 2012 by Zahid Lilani.
0Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act or JOBS Act recently passed the House then Senate and is now in the House for the final passage. It has bipartisan backing, President Obama supports and Silicon Valley is all for it. That’s all good but from an investor point of view, it’s the worst thing since the repeal [...]
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Pinterest thingy
Posted on 02. Mar, 2012 by Zahid Lilani.
0A little Pinterest humor to brighten up your Friday; courtesy of good folks at The Joy of Tech.
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My AdSense earnings since 2003
Posted on 29. Feb, 2012 by Zahid Lilani.
0AdSense first came to being in April of 2003 when Google acquired Applied Semantics. I signed up for AdSense in October of 2003 and have used it since to monetize my blogs and websites. I did try few other networks (CJ & LinkShare) but never had any major success. Primarily because they used the banner [...]
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Some thoughts on Facebook S-1 Registration Statement
Posted on 23. Feb, 2012 by Zahid Lilani.
0 I crunch numbers for living and read the entire S-1 Registration Statement while lunching on the best biryani ever. I was looking for accounting gimmicks, similar to the one used by Groupon. Apart from the non-GAAP cash flow projection, Facebook didn’t invent bizzare terms to justify expenses or acquisition costs. likes 1.
Facebook’s choice of [...]
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[INFOGRAPHIC] – Facebook in Numbers
Posted on 03. Feb, 2012 by Zahid Lilani.
0The past, present and the future of Facebook. Numbers are not always reflective but they do provide a crucial insight. Facebook’s success is more psychological than a classic case of necessity is the mother of invention. Here’s an interesting infographic, courtesy of Statista, trying to capture the numbers behind the Psychological want.
Infographic originally published [...]
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