When people hear that a graffiti artist who took Facebook stock instead of cash for paintings he did at Facebook's headquarters will soon be a millionaire after the company goes public later this year, it's hard not to wonder if there is any way you might still be able to cash in on Facebook's riches.
Unfortunately, for most common folk, participating in Facebook's IPO isn't an option. But once the stock starts trading on the public market, eventually regular people will be able to buy shares. It's hard to say at this point whether owning post-IPO Facebook stock will payoff in the long term. But considering that Google debuted on the public market at $85 a share in August of 2004 and eight years later is trading at around $600 a share, some optimists are hopeful they still might be able to cash in on the Facebook dream.
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