content: Most people forget that the stock market uses made up money. If I start with 0$ in, and a million dollar valuation, and my company goes into IPO Phase and my company is awarded 100 million stocks(Example), each "worth" 250$, i have created 25 billion dollars out of absolutely nothing. Let's say that stock loses 10% of value, i still went from 0 to 225 per share for very little work, because let's be real Facebook was nothing new, it was myspace with less features, and people bought it