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Facebook to let employees sell some stock — at internal $4 billion valuation

(Posted on  VentureBeat  about 1 month ago)

Facebook has an internal valuation of $4 billion, as we’ve previously reported. It will begin letting current employees sell 20 percent of their fully vested stock options at that valuation, starting this fall, I’ve learned from well-connecte… (visit source article)
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