Yahoo Makes 1 Billion Offer

Article By Fast Company.com

Mark Zuckerberg’s life so far is like a movie script. A super smart kid invents a tech phenomenon while attending an Ivy League school and launches it to rave reviews. Big shots circle his dorm to make his acquaintance; he drops out of college to grow his baby and Change The World As We Know It.
Just three years in, Facebook which started as a networking site for college students has become a go-to tool for 19 million registered users, including employees of government agencies and Fortune 500 companies.
According to comScore Media Metrix, which tracks Web activity, it is now the sixth most-trafficked site in the United States–1% of all Internet time is spent on Facebook. ComScore also rates it the number-one photo-sharing site on the Web, with 6 million pictures uploaded daily. And it is starting to compete with Google and other tech titans as a destination for top young engineering talent in Silicon Valley. Debra Aho Williamson, a senior analyst at eMarketer, says it is on track to bring in $100 million in revenue this year–serious money indeed.
The New York Times and others reported that Yahoo had made a $1 billion offer to buy Facebook and Zuckerberg and his partners had turned it down.
“I’m here to build something for the long term,” Zuckerberg says. “Anything else is a distraction.”

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DOUBLECLICK UNVEILS ONLINE MARKETPLACE

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Strategies: Faith, doubt, effort go a long way

Article By Rhonda Abrams, USA TODAY

1. Great Faith: To build a business — or start anything new — you have to believe in yourself and your ideas. You can envision something that others cannot. You think up a new business, process, design or technology that hasn't existed before.
It is not only the quality of your ideas, but the strength of your faith in your ideas that will help you succeed. Moreover, it is your faith in yourself that attracts others to work with you, invest in your vision and support you as you pursue your dreams.
Great faith is exhilarating. But it is also exhausting. It's impossible to stay on an emotional high, even if things continually go well. And the reality is they will not always go well. When your business encounters the inevitable pitfalls, detours and slowdowns, you will be the one others will look to for reassurance.