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AnneD

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75. I was getting off the plane last week...

Fri May 25, 2012, 11:35 AM

May 2012

it was just before the Facebook IPO. A business type (that looked fairly sucessful) was talking about what a great deal FB was. I just couldn't help myself. "It is a sucker bet. They don't have a profitable business model in play. People will lose a lot of money on it mark my words."

Well, they looked at me as if I had lobsters crawling out of my mouth. Wonder what they think of my words the day after.

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