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Facebook Unfriends IPO for 2010

Posted Jan 26th 2010 2:00PM by Tom Taulli (RSS feed)
Filed under: Google (GOOG)

It looks like 2010 will be a strong year for IPOs, especially for tech offerings. Of course, one of the most highly-anticipated deals is Facebook. No doubt, it would give the market a big jolt.

But sadly, it looks like we may have to wait. At a conference in Munich, Facebook's two largest investors -- Jim Breyer of Accel Partners and Yuri Milner of Digital Sky Technologies (DST) -- said "no" to an IPO in 2010.

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Dell gets some Silicon Valley juice

Posted Apr 14th 2009 8:30AM by Tom Taulli (RSS feed)
Filed under: Management, Dell (DELL), Wal-Mart (WMT),

According to his bio, Jim Breyer is "passionate about contemporary art, film, wine, travel, education and environmental initiatives, and music ranging from Bach to Nirvana." Now he has a new passion: Dell (NASDAQ: DELL). That is, Breyer has agreed to join its board of directors.

Breyer, who is a partner at Accel Partners, is one of the top venture capitalists. Some of his investments include game-changing companies like Macromedia, Facebook and RealNetworks (NASDAQ: RNWK).

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