Kara Swisher’s elves must have Mark Zuckerberg’s number. Because she is reporting details from an all-hands meeting the Facebook founder held on Thursday for employees that had an open dial-in number, in which he revealed the following financial metrics for the still-private company:

2007 Revenues: $150 million

2008 Revenues: $300 to $350 million (projected)

2007 Headcount: 450

2008 Headcount: 1,000 (projected)

2008 Capital Expenditures: $200 million (i.e., servers)

2008 EBITDA: $50 million

2008 Cash Flow (EBITDA - CapEx): negative 150 million.

If he wants to go public in 2009, he is going to have to start making some money before then.

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Kara Swisher’s elves must have Mark Zuckerberg’s number. Because she is reporting details from an all-hands meeting the Facebook founder held on Thursday for employees that had an open dial-in number, in which he revealed the following financial metrics for the still-private company:

2007 Revenues: $150 million

2008 Revenues: $300 to $350 million (projected)

2007 Headcount: 450

2008 Headcount: 1,000 (projected)

2008 Capital Expenditures: $200 million (i.e., servers)

2008 EBITDA: $50 million

2008 Cash Flow (EBITDA - CapEx): negative 150 million.

If he wants to go public in 2009, he is going to have to start making some money before then.

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Kara Swisher’s elves must have Mark Zuckerberg’s number. Because she is reporting details from an all-hands meeting the Facebook founder held on Thursday for employees that had an open dial-in number, in which he revealed the following financial metrics for the still-private company:

2007 Revenues: $150 million

2008 Revenues: $300 to $350 million (projected)

2007 Headcount: 450

2008 Headcount: 1,000 (projected)

2008 Capital Expenditures: $200 million (i.e., servers)

2008 EBITDA: $50 million

2008 Cash Flow (EBITDA - CapEx): negative 150 million.

If he wants to go public in 2009, he is going to have to start making some money before then.

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Kara Swisher’s elves must have Mark Zuckerberg’s number. Because she is reporting details from an all-hands meeting the Facebook founder held on Thursday for employees that had an open dial-in number, in which he revealed the following financial metrics for the still-private company:

2007 Revenues: $150 million

2008 Revenues: $300 to $350 million (projected)

2007 Headcount: 450

2008 Headcount: 1,000 (projected)

2008 Capital Expenditures: $200 million (i.e., servers)

2008 EBITDA: $50 million

2008 Cash Flow (EBITDA - CapEx): negative 150 million.

If he wants to go public in 2009, he is going to have to start making some money before then.

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What it does

RatingBurner is a relatively unknown new startup that rates blogs based on the number of RSS subscribers it has. The numbers are drawn from Feedburner, Google PageRank and the number of ads and sponsors. RatingBurner is great for finding new blogs for your daily feed. It’s got a number of categories to choose from . The blogs are displayed by rank, with additional info listed: number of subscribers, page rank, subscription changes, last post, and number . A number of the larger blogs aren’t included, but you can always add your blog if you’ve got FeedBurner. There’s a colorful map included too that shows the first 300 blogs ranked. The lines show links from blog to blog and the thickness of the line indicates how many subscribers a blog has.

In their own words

“Most Popular Blogs rating”

Why it might be a killer

RatingBurner is a useful tool for seeing some of the most popular blogs out there, as well as for discovering new blogs. It offers bloggers a chance to gain new readership and ad space.

Some questions

Is RatingBurner truly useful? How will it do among the masses of rating sites already out there? It’s a very selective site and the design leaves something to be desired.

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What better way to celebrate the 1-year anniversary of the Mooninites' invasion of Boston than to drop $80 on Evil Mad Scientist Labs' new Peggy? It's easy to fall in love with this 12 x 15-inch hackable pin grid for pluggable LEDs, which also features a programmable microcontroller capable of animating its 625 positions. Just be cautious when using it to spread your propaganda outdoors, some big city populaces apparently don't like being toyed with by way of LED signage.

 

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What it does

So forms may not win you awards, and no one really pays too much attention to them anyhow, but they often do play an important role on websites. FormStyleGenerator is just the tool you need to design and create forms without any hassle. It takes only three steps. First, you've got to design it. You pick the background style and color, the borders (color and size and perimeters), font and text (style and size and weight), label and font, and mouse event. Once you've got all that sorted out, preview your form and then download it. Step three: apply. You find the style to apply to Input, TextArea, Slect and Buttons form elements. And that's it, your form is ready to go.

In their own words

"Generate your css form style in only three steps"

Why it might be a killer

This is a handy and free form generator. Leaves you time to focus on more pressing matters. Very simple to use—takes minutes.

Some questions

How is this funded? Will any more features be added?

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What it does

Tired of those old, standard charts that bore you to tears? Rich Chart Live aims to revolutionize the way you look at charts. Rich Chart Live is a newly released web-based charting product that creates sexy charts using Flash. You don’t need to download anything, just a browser will work--and any operating system. Charts created using the application have attractive visuals and are interactive. Simply input the information manually, or copy and paste from any spreadsheet. You can publish your creation for the whole world to see, or export to Flash or PowerPoint. You can even embed to blogs or websites with a simple copy and paste job. Now there’s no excuse to bore your clients or boss with ugly charts. It’s free to use or you can purchase the full edition (minus the RCL’s corner logo) for $39 a month.

In their own words

“Rich Chart Live is a free online service which creates enjoyable and captivating charts with attractive visuals and interactivity.

No software to download, nothing to install, all you need is any web browser that supports Flash, in Windows, Mac or Linux.

Import your data from a spreadsheet, export your chart as a Flash animation, as a PowerPoint presentation or embed directly to your blog or website by just copy & pasting HTML.”

Why it might be a killer

Rich Chart Live is a refreshing alternative to the usual one-dimensional chart. It’ll enhance any presentation. Business professionals and students alike will enjoy what Rich Chart Live has to offer.

Some questions

How does Rich Chart Live plan on keeping customers with such an expensive tool? The average user may use the free version but find it lacking and lose interest in the site altogether.

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What it does

Although there are already many Javascript modal windows or lightboxes available on the net, Multibox is offering something different. Multibox from Phatfusion is a lightbox which supports image, videos, mp3s, html, and flash. What you get are slick looking framed pictures with html texts, quicktime movies, Real player clips, .wmv files, and more. Multibox allows for overlays with semitransparent backgrounds, containers, show numbers, class name of the description, and content color. It is compatible with Firefox, IE and Safari and it works on Windows as well as Macs. To use it you'll need mootools version 1.11. It is free to download.

In their own words

"Lightbox that supports images, flash, video, mp3s, html."

Why it might be a killer

This is a multi-functional tool. Unlike other lightbox apps, this one gives you cross media functionality. It's not difficult to implement and is lightweight.

Some questions

With all the lightbox apps out there, will anyone notice this one? How will it be monetized?

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What it does

Love to learn? Love showing off your knowledge? Love prizes? If so, try SpongeFish, the site for sharing wisdom. SpongeFish knows you know something-- everybody’s got a bit of knowledge on them and SpongeFish wants you to share. It doesn’t matter if it’s your theory of relativity, or a recipe for spicy taco soup, any knowledge is fair game. You can boast your expertise through your choice of media, be it text, audio, or visual. So go ahead make a movie demonstrating how not to shovel your driveway come snowstorms by running over those pesky snow berms. Or maybe you want to give a lesson on how to sing arias, Motown and soul. It’s your knowledge, your choice. If this doesn’t sound appealing to you, maybe you’ll do it for money, or gift certificates, rather. Each week, SpongeFish holds a contest to see who’s the smartest commentor, the top creator, or the most active browser. If you win, you get a $50 gift certificate. So go ahead, learn something.

In their own words

“SpongeFish is the place to share and show off your personal knowledge and expertise, and learn from others. People come to SpongeFish to show what they know and win prizes.

Graduated with a 4.3 GPA summa cum laude? Got a PhD in Chemistry? Screened your movie at Cannes? No? Neither have we. This is the place for you.

Your knowledge is more valuable than you think. You may not think that you know anything of value to others. What you know may not seem revolutionary or even particularly interesting to you, but there are lots of people out there searching to learn the things you already know how to do. Computer tips? Dating advice? Been on a good trip? Got a recipe? Then you've got stuff to share. Our job is to connect you with the people who appreciate “

Why it might be a killer

SpongeFish is a great little site for sharing your valuable knowledge. The makers are clever by actually giving you an incentive to share—gift cards. The site has potential to become a nice compendium for odd knowledge.

Some questions

Will SpongeFish get the response they’re looking for? Will the site be relevant? Or will it be full of half rate advice that no one really cares about?

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