This week's assignment is to watch three short videos about IPO's (Initial Public Offerings). All are about IPO's (Initial Public Offering's). Videos 1 & 2 both offer explanations of IPO's, one being short while the other is a little more in-depth. The third video describes what can go wrong with an IPO using the recent Facebook IPO as an example. After watching the videos, your assignment is to summarize what you learned about IPO's and the problems that resulted from the Facebook IPO. In addition, I want you to research on your own a "successful" IPO and compare and contrast the differences in what made it successful versus the reasons why the Facebook IPO was not successful.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsCM_p3VXIw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywOr4OYqXOs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NktOdlY068