Inkampani yeendaba zoluntu i-Facebook Inc ibike ngoLwesine ifikelele kwi-1 yezigidigidi zabasebenzisi kwinyanga ephelileyo, ngelixa uMlawuli oyiNtloko uMark Zuckerberg uthe uya kuqhubeka nokulandela ukukhula ngokusebenzisa izixhobo eziphathwayo.
INombolo ye-1 yenethiwekhi yoluntu iye yajongana nendlela enzima ukususela ngoMeyi umnikelo wokuqala woluntu. Abatyalomali kunye nabahlalutyi baye bakhathazeka ngokucotha okubukhali ekukhuleni kwengeniso kwaye babuza ukuba i-Facebook iya kwenza njani imali kubasebenzisi njengoko abantu befikelela kwindawo yayo kwizixhobo eziphathwayo.
Izabelo ze-Facebook zilahlekelwe ngaphezu kweepesenti ze-40 zexabiso labo ukususela ekubeni isitokhwe saqala kwi-38 yeedola.
I-Facebook, esekelwe kwi-Menlo Park, eCalifornia, yabetha i-1 yebhiliyoni ephawulekayo ngoSeptemba 14 ngo-12: 45 pm ngexesha le-Pacific, inkampani yatsho kwiwebhusayithi yayo. Oku kunyuke ngabasebenzisi abazizigidi ezingama-45 ukusukela ngoJuni.
Ithe inabasebenzisi abazizigidi ezingama-600, ngokwephepha lenyani elithunyelwe yinkampani.
Kudliwano-ndlebe kwi-NBC "Namhlanje" umboniso osasazwa ngoLwesine, uZuckerberg wabuzwa ngu-co-anchor Matt Lauer malunga nendlela, kunye nabasebenzisi be-1 yebhiliyoni, inkampani ayizange "iyibulale," ngokwenza imali.
"Ndicinga ukuba kuxhomekeke kwingcaciso yakho 'yokubulala.' Ndithetha ukuba senza iibhiliyoni zeedola,” utshilo uZuckerberg. Kwingxelo yayo yokugqibela yomvuzo, i-Facebook yathi ingeniso inyuke ngeepesenti ze-32 ukuya kwi-1.18 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kwikota yesibini.
I-CEO eneminyaka eyi-28 yathetha malunga nokukhula okunokwenzeka kubasebenzisi beselula. “Kukho abantu abazibhiliyoni ezi-5 emhlabeni abaneefowuni, ngoko ke kufanele ukuba sikwazi ukunceda abantu abaninzi kwaye sikhulise isiseko sabasebenzisi apho,” utshilo.
NgoSeptemba, uZuckerberg uthe iintengiso ezintsha zenkampani zihambisa iziphumo ezingcono kubathengisi kuneentengiso zemveli kwiikhompyuter zabo.
Ngokuphathelele imikhwa yakhe yefowuni, uthe unezixhobo ezininzi, kodwa kutshanje ebesebenzisa i-iPhone 5 ayifumene kwi-CEO ye-Apple uTim Cook.
UZuckerberg wavuma ukuba ukuziphatha kwinkampani kunokuba ngcono kodwa ukuba abasebenzi bayo be-4,000 bahlala begxile ekwakhiweni nasekuphuculeni iimveliso ze-Facebook.
“Ngokucacileyo sikumjikelo onzima ngoku … loo nto ayincedi umoya,” utshilo.
I-1 yebhiliyoni yokubalwa kwabasebenzisi inyuke ukusuka ekupheleni kukaJuni, xa ibinabasebenzisi abasebenzayo benyanga abangama-955 ezigidi.
UZuckerberg, uMphathi oyiNtloko wokuSebenza uSheryl Sandberg kunye nelungu lebhodi uMarc Andreessen baye bathandana nabatyalo-mali kule veki ngokubonakala kwisiteshi seshishini se-CNBC kunye neepaneli kwinkomfa yentengiso ephezulu eNew York. Ikwaveze ividiyo ebonisa unxibelelwano lukaFacebook nabantu kwihlabathi liphela.
UFacebook ukhuphe amanyathelo okukhuthaza ukukhula ngakumbi, kubandakanya iqonga elitsha lentengiso kunye neendlela zokulinganisa ukubonisa iinkampani zifumana ixabiso lemali yazo ngeentengiso zikaFacebook.
Inkampani iphinde yathi ngoLwesine ibone i-1.13 yezigidigidi "ezithandwayo," okanye iziqinisekiso zabasebenzisi, ukususela ekubeni iqalise inqaku ngoFebruwari 2009. Amaphulo amaninzi eentengiso aqhutywa ziinkampani kwi-Facebook zenzelwe ukuqokelela "ukuthanda."
Abahlalutyi abazange bothuswe lixesha lokwenzeka kwesiganeko esibalulekileyo. Umhlalutyi we-Hudson Square uDan Ernst uthe iWall Street yayilindele ukuba i-Facebook ibethe i-1 yebhiliyoni kwikota yesithathu.
Kodwa isajongene nomsebenzi wokwenza imali kwisiseko sayo sabasebenzisi, utshilo u-Ernst. “Eyona nto iphambili, ewe, kukwenza imali kwabo basebenzisi,” utshilo u-Ernst.
Iminyaka ephakathi yomsebenzisi we-Facebook yayineminyaka engama-22, yatsho, kwaye amazwe amahlanu aphezulu abasebenzisi yayiyiBrazil, i-Indiya, i-Indonesia, iMexico kunye ne-United States.
Idatha entsha yeza ngosuku emva kokuba inkampani ithe ivumela abasebenzisi base-US ukuba bahlawule umrhumo wokunyusa ukubonakala kokuthunyelwe kwabo - umzamo wamva nje wokujonga ngaphaya kwentengiso yengeniso.
Iintengiso zibalwa malunga neepesenti ezingama-84 zengeniso iyonke kwikota yesibini.
Ngezinga lokukhula kwengeniso ye-Facebook licotha ngokukhawuleza kwiikota zamva nje, abahlalutyi kunye nabatyali-mali bakholelwa ukuba kufuneka bafumane iindlela ezintsha zokwenza imali kwaye i-Facebook iye yakhupha iimveliso ezintsha zokuvelisa ingeniso.
Kwiveki ephelileyo, uFacebook utyhile into evumela abasebenzisi baseMelika ukuba bathenge kwaye bathumele izipho ezinjengeeglasi zamehlo, iipastries kunye namakhadi esipho kubahlobo, bebonisa injongo yabo yokudlala indima enkulu kwi-e-commerce.
I-Facebook iphakame i-0.6 yeepesenti ukuya kwi-$ 21.97 ekurhwebeni kwangaphambili ngoLwesine.
(Reuters)
