How Is Facebook Worth $15 Billion?

If you hadn’t noticed, there have been a number of people investing in Facebook since they were given a $15 billion valuation by Facebook. This could potentially include a significant investment by Nokia as was reported earlier this week. So why on earth are all these companies and wealthy individuals trying to invest in Facebook at such ridiculous valuations? Hooman Radfar, CEO of Clearspring, has shared his thoughts on this and a lot of it makes sense.

Part of Hooman’s master plan is for Facebook to purchase Powerset or Hakia, both early-stage search engines that are trying to master the natural language search market.

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