going to wait for this verdict. we have proactively booked hotels for next week. that came after yesterday s note from the jurors to the judge indicating that there was some potential scheduling conflicts late this week and next week. in fact the judge has extended their deliberation schedule by half an hour today and tomorrow, so that she can dismiss them, allow them to recess early on friday so they can attend high school graduations, and other family commitments. and the fact that the jurors are already indicating they have potential scheduling conflicts next week means that they may not be close to reaching a verdict in this case, jenna. jenna: we know a conclusion will come eventually, just how long we have to wait is the big question. reporter: eventually. jenna: if we get breaking news back to you in greensboro, thank you very much. jon: fox news alert about a record setter and not a good one. a fire now burning in new mexico s gila national forest is now the largest in that
facebook at $100 billion. the most valuable company ever at the time of its initial public offering. and more valuable than citi or mcdonald s. millions hoping it will help them boost their bottom lines this morning. dan simon is live at the facebook mothership in menlo park, california, where workers are marking the occasion by working all night long. seriously, dan, what s up with that? it s 2:00 in the morning here and we re wide awake. they re having a hack a thon, an opportunity for facebook employees to basically do what they do best build, design, create. they do this periodically, an interesting public relations move as we re about to begin the trading of the stock. what they want to do is send a message to the world that they built this company on building stuff. so that s what they re doing. they posted pictures to the website showing what s going on inside some of these rooms. in terms of the fundamental challenge facing facebook in the future, it s exactly tha
for somebody to build a better mousetrap everyday, and the guinness folks let their brand get stale, and there is a new one out, and record setter is cool and hip and willing to target people doing crazy things, and this is a ono-brainer for them to use this company. it feels very modern to me, that company. well, with today s day and age with the mobile changes and the social media, new opportunities in every industry, and what they did was to look at it an old industry in a unique way from the ground, and they have created a compelling model. i mean, his comparison really struck me, right, we are the wikipedia to the guinness book of world records and the encyclopediabry tany encyclopedia britannica, and he had a cool idea with burning man, and then learned how to monetize it. how important is that?
while juggling three clubs hula hooping and riding a unicycle. 15. yes! since it is a crowd source site if record setter gets something wrong, they hear it from the users. last year they mistakingly c confirmed the world s largest pie fight. within a day somebody left a comment that said, here s a link to a youtube video that shows a larger pie fight, and we reached out to the larger group, and we changed our ruling. record setter started as simply a fun activity and not a company. something that dan created at the outdoor festival burning man. it was a fun hobby that my friends and i were doing once a year, but the project was sticky. and people loved this open challenge we gave them to invent their own world records. so after a few years dan quit his full-time job in advertising and pouring all of the money he earned from freelance jobs of turning this hobby into a business. his partner cory did the same.
stale. there s a younger, prettier model now out. record setter is cool, it s hip and brands that want to be associated particularly targeting young people willing to do crazy things, this is a no brainer for them to be using this company. you know what it is? it feels modern to me, that company. with today s day and age, with mobile changes and social media there will be new opportunities in every industry. what they did, they looked at an old industry in a unique way from the ground. they ve created a compelling model. his comparison struck me. right? we are the wikipedia to the guinness book of world records encyclopedia britannica. that explains it all. the other thing i thought was so cool, he has this idea, he came up with it at burning man and he immediately figured out how to monetize it. how important is that? it s everything. great ideas are a dime a dozen but to take an idea from making it profitable and sustainable as a long-term business, that s