Zynga: Beyond the IPO | VentureBeat
Three years ago, Mark Pincus told me that he was going to make Zynga more valuable than EA within five years. It took him only two. Zynga is a remarkable venture story, and the company’s impending IPO is a huge moment for the games industry -- it marks the coming of age of the West’s leading ...
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