Pinterest throws subtle shade at Facebook in IPO filing
Pinterest is not happy with Facebook.
The forgotten middle child of the social media family filed for an IPO on March 22, and in doing so the San Francisco-based company made a very public argument that its future is bright. That is, if Facebook doesn't screw things up for it first.
Buried deep in the pages and pages of IPO-related disclosures resides a friendly little section called "RISK FACTORS." The section contains a lot of standard, boilerplate stuff about how things might not work out how the company hopes, and that investors should be warned that nothing in life is a sure bet. Which, totally. It also, however, has a lot of what look to be pretty Facebook-specific digs. Read more...
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