U.S. blog Comments Global Entrepreneurship Hundred Facebook First

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Beijing time September 24 morning news, according to foreign media reports, the United States Science and Technology blog Silicon Alley Insider Thursday ranked the 2010 global Internet start-up Enterprises hundred. Facebook ranked first with a market capitalisation of 25 billion dollars.  Taobao, Tudou and Youku have all entered this year's hundred-strong rankings, ranking 12, 15 and 27 respectively. The following list details: 1.Facebook Valuation: 25 billion USD last year ranking/valuation: 1th, 6.5 billion USD CEO: Mark Zuckerberg Zuckerburg: Facebook is the world's largest social network, with more users than 500 million, up from 300 million last year. 66%.  According to compete's data, Facebook is already the third-largest internet site in terms of independent visitor numbers. Investor: Since 2008, Facebook has financed more than $400 million trillion, including Microsoft's $246 million trillion, Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing's $60 million trillion, Greylock and Meritech capital The 25 million dollar of the Accel, the 12.8 million dollar of PayPal founder Pitt Hill (Peter Thiel), the $500,000 European Founders Fund 15 million dollars, DST's 200 million dollars,  and Triplepoint capital of billions of dollars. Analysis: Facebook is dominating the internet and defeating a number of rivals such as MySpace, Ning and Bebo. Facebook has just overtaken Google in terms of the time users visit the site. Facebook's revenue last year was about $700 million trillion, mainly from branded ads and ads based on consumer preferences. Because of the size of the site, the brand effect, and the high level of advertising participation, Facebook has been very successful in its advertising business. There are rumours that Facebook will step up cooperation with Microsoft in the search field. Mr. Zuckerberg expects Facebook's revenue this year to be around 1 billion to 1.1 billion dollars. Given the rapid growth of Facebook, the growth in emerging markets, lower costs, application platforms, and the potential of advertising and gaming business, give it 25 times times the market rate, that is, the value of 25 billion dollars. In addition, elevation partner recently acquired 2.4 million shares of Facebook in the two-tier market, valuing Facebook at $23 billion trillion.  Facebook now sharespost the private-equity trading market at $34 billion trillion, surpassing ebay's market capitalisation. 2.Zynga Valuation: 5 billion USD last year ranking/valuation: 12th, 1.2 billion USD profile:Social game company CEO: Mark Ping Golf (Mark Pincus) Investor: Zynga is now financing 510 million of billions of dollars.  One of the first round of financing 10 million U.S. dollars, the second round of financing 29 million U.S. dollars, the third round of financing 180 million U.S. dollars, the fourth round of financing 300 million dollars. Analysis: Zynga is a leading player in the social gaming industry, with more than 50 million active users per day. The company expects revenue to be $500 million trillion this year, with sales and advertising of virtual goods being the main source of revenue. Zynga last year had 200 million dollars in revenue. The social gaming market is worth watching, and the cost of developing social games is lower than the traditional games. Zynga relies on social networking sites such as Facebook, while virtual goods sales are a high-margin business. Most gaming companies sell at 5 to 10 times times the market.  At 10 times times the market rate, Zynga should be valued at $5 billion. 3. Wikimedia Foundation (Wikipedia) Valuation: 5 billion U.S. dollars last year rankings/valuations: 2nd, 5 Billion dollar profile: the Wikimedia Foundation is a non-profit company. Its assets are encyclopedia created by global users.  Wikipedia relies heavily on donations and fundraising activities. CEO: Su Gadna (Sue Gardner) Investor: Vinode Kosla (Vinod Khosla), Open powering Cato, Alfred p. Sloan Foundation, Omidyar receptacle,  And a large number of individual donors. Analysis: As a non-profit website, Wikipedia has no revenue targets. Donations from Wikipedia continued to rise in 2010, with the Wikimedia Foundation expecting revenue of 20.4 million dollars, up 28% per cent year-on-year. Wikipedia is currently the top 10 site in the world, and if the site becomes a commercial site, it will undoubtedly earn a lot of revenue. Wikipedia's page views are about 10 billion to 14 billion per month. With 10 billion page views per month and 5 U.S. dollars per thousand browsing revenue, Wikipedia's revenue is about 500 million dollars.  Give it 10 times times the market rate, and it should be valued at 5 billion dollars. 4.Skype Valuation: 4 billion USD last year rankings/valuation: None (part of ebay) Introduction: Josh Hiverman (Josh Silverman) Investor: ebay sold a partial stake in Skype last year at a 2.75 billion dollar valuation,  A consortium led by Silver Lake bought 70% of Skype's shares. Analysis: As Google integrates internet telephony into Gmail, this service will be an essential feature of any Internet communication tool. Skype is now the market leader, whose value has been hidden in ebay. The company's revenue for the first half of this year is 400 million dollars, which meansRevenue for the year will be 800 million dollars.  Give it 5 times times the market rate, which is valued at 4 billion dollars. 5.Craigslist Valuation: 3 billion USD last year ranking/valuation: 5th, $3 billion introduction: Classified advertising company CEO: Jim Backmaster (Jim buckmaster) Investor: ebay bought Craigsli at more than 30 million dollars in 2004 ST's 25% shares.  Recently, the company has taken steps to spread ebay's holdings from 28% to 25%. Analysis: Newspaper companies ' revenues are falling to their lowest level in 40 years, while Craigslist is one of the newspaper industry's killers. If more advertising is charged, Craigslist's revenues will be at least 1 billion dollars. It is estimated that the company's revenue this year will be about $122 million trillion, operating margins will be 70% to 80%.  Give it 25 times times the market rate, valued at 3 billion dollars. 6.Twitter Valuation: 3 billion USD last year ranking/valuation: 15th, 1 billion USD profile: news, microblogging, and social networking services CEO: Evan (Evan Williams): Twitter was the star of the IT industry last year, and the site has maintained a very high growth Long speed. At present, Twitter posted daily news reached 90 million, up to 450% year-on-year. In the latest round of funding, Twitter's valuations reached $1 billion trillion.  Twitter currently has a maximum value of $3.6 billion in Sharespost, so the 3 billion dollar valuation is reasonable. 12. Taobao valuation: 1.5 billion U.S. dollars last year rankings/valuation: No profile: Online shopping website CEO: LU Investor: Alibaba Analysis: Taobao currently provides services for 210 million registered members. 2009, Taobao Merchant's gross sales of more than 29 billion U.S. dollars. In 2009, China's online retail industry accounted for only 2% of the total retail trade, a market that will grow rapidly over the next 10 years. According to Alexa data, Taobao's current number of independent visitors is 40 million, is one of the world's largest 20 sites. Analysts expect Taobao to have a revenue of 500 million to $600 million this year, according to a report by investment banks such as Goldman Sachs and Piper Jaffray.  Given its 3 times-fold market rate, Taobao is valued at $1.5 billion. 15. Tudou Valuation: 1.5 billion USD last year ranking/valuation: 27th, 500 million US $ profile: Online video CEO: Wang Micro Investor: IDG China, Granite Global Ventures, Jafco, General Catalyst and C Apital Today analysis: Tudou is one of China's largest video-sharing sites, the second quarter market shareIs 16%, below Youku's 20%. But Youku's 2010 revenue will be about 50 million dollars, and Tudou is 3 times times more. Compared to other video sites, Tudou knows more about how to make a profit. Wang Micro recently said that Tudou network video advertising revenue this year may reach 150 million U.S. dollars.  Give it 10 times times the market rate, valued at 1.5 billion dollars. 27. Youku Valuation: 500 million USD last year rankings/valuation: No profile: Online video CEO: Koo Investor: Farallon Capital Management, becoming fund, Sutter Hill Ventures, Brooksire and M Averick Capital Analysis: Youku is China's largest video-sharing site. China's online video market is very competitive, Youku's market share is 20%. The web site is moving from a user-made content model to a professional content model. The company earns revenue mainly through advertising, with a revenue of $29.3 million in 2009 and a three-digit growth rate expected in 2010. Youku's 2010 revenue is expected to be $50 million, giving it 10 times times the market rate, valued at $500 million trillion. (Hui)
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