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Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?
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| Date | Type | Capital Amount | Post-Money Valuation | Investors |
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| 07/2007 | Series A | 5M | Unknown | |
| 05/2008 | Series B | 15M | 80M | |
| 02/2009 | Series C | 35M | 230M |
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| Product URL: | http://www.twitter.com/ |
| Date Launched: | 07/2006 |
| Description: | Twitter allows users to post text updates via SMS, instant messaging, email, Twitter’s website and third party applications. Users have their own profile page that displays their latest updates. In addition, users can become "friends" with one another, or simply be a "follower." Other than reading another person's profile page, a user can also receive others’ updates through text messages, RSS or third party applications. Twitter itself is a free service, though users may have to pay text messaging charges to the phone carriers. |
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06/23/2009 06:02AM by tsherman22
User Opinions
Bulls vs. Bears (39)
| Bullish Opinions (22) | Author/Date | Do you agree? | |
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How will it make cash> |
businesstv 01/27/2009 |
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50% 2 votes 1 50% 1 |
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Traffic is still growing, no sign of slowing down |
edwinrommel 12/29/2008 |
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100% 3 votes 3 0% 0 |
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picking up as companies are using it to get their news across. Examples range from BBC to PhD comics |
stocker 11/16/2008 |
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100% 2 votes 2 0% 0 |
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Even though some imitators are higher gloss, it has 100+ aps built on it for a reason.
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azieger 08/12/2008 |
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0% 2 votes 0 100% 2 |
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Still #1 with mountains of competition; first mover advantage in action. |
troyspur 09/30/2008 |
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100% 1 vote 1 0% 0 |
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generating lots of attention with many im clients and websites offering twitter integration |
irpip 08/10/2008 |
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75% 4 votes 3 25% 1 |
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huge momentum, lots of cash, soon to be monetized |
tecarmona 08/04/2008 |
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40% 5 votes 2 60% 3 |
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Man I love Twitter... |
vivektaneja 07/30/2008 |
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50% 4 votes 2 50% 2 |
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twitter saved a guys life!
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mngofasho 07/24/2008 |
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67% 3 votes 2 33% 1 |
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Don't just Twitter your thoughts use it to socially communicate with other services |
tommy_l 07/22/2008 |
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50% 2 votes 1 50% 1 |
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They are also gaining traction outside the US in Japan and Europe |
euge 07/16/2008 |
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67% 3 votes 2 33% 1 |
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Twitter could monetize their service by using the sentiment analysis of Summize
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solphusion 07/13/2008 |
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100% 5 votes 5 0% 0 |
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Some top tech minds are on it
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green33 06/04/2008 |
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88% 8 votes 7 12% 1 |
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Great Interface! This really link up people real well! |
gordonng 05/16/2008 |
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75% 8 votes 6 25% 2 |
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They have a compelling product, but they need a business model
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bobfet1 04/26/2008 |
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64% 11 votes 7 36% 4 |
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Totally addictive. |
drapaport 04/28/2008 |
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70% 10 votes 7 30% 3 |
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Their launch in Japan seems to be very successful |
jenny 04/28/2008 |
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73% 11 votes 8 27% 3 |
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They started to experiement with advertising |
kenny 04/27/2008 |
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73% 11 votes 8 27% 3 |
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ReadWriteWeb guys say they use Twitter and it's a useful tool |
willy.b 04/25/2008 |
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75% 12 votes 9 25% 3 |
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If Twitter can overcome it's scaling issues it will be a vital tool in the future. |
trevorj 04/25/2008 |
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86% 14 votes 12 14% 2 |
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early adoption and early to api has twitter still in the lead |
jydesign 02/18/2008 |
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90% 20 votes 18 10% 2 |
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It's extremely viral and addictive |
dave 01/10/2008 |
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93% 27 votes 25 7% 2 |
cause it was first
yeah, being first is important; it's not just a coincidence.
| Bearish Opinions (17) | Author/Date | Do you agree? | |
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Twitter is going to hit their peak before they have a monetization strategy. |
jamesvandyke 06/03/2009 |
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100% 1 vote 1 0% 0 |
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NO REVENUE MODEL. Reminds me of the tech bubble burst - learn from the past! |
aceceo 01/18/2009 |
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67% 3 votes 2 33% 1 |
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New Phishing attacks may lead to negative press |
jsanchez 01/03/2009 |
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50% 2 votes 1 50% 1 |
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Great product with noise but no revenue model |
rockthescot 12/15/2008 |
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67% 3 votes 2 33% 1 |
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Seems useless.
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cburns 05/15/2008 |
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45% 11 votes 5 55% 6 |
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will go down with compet from social networks (linkedin, fb etc all have update status functions) |
gameon323 09/03/2008 |
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100% 2 votes 2 0% 0 |
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always have trouble with customer service |
alexdao 09/03/2008 |
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67% 3 votes 2 33% 1 |
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Once Google releases Jaiku to the public, Twitter will be in seirous trouble |
sherif 08/26/2008 |
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100% 3 votes 3 0% 0 |
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They could lose a lot of users by ending outbound SMS in many countries |
stefanusvandersaar 08/14/2008 |
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75% 4 votes 3 25% 1 |
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other sites can do same and more |
ablanky 08/10/2008 |
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40% 5 votes 2 60% 3 |
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I tried to use it but I still don't understand the value of this service. |
adamwho 08/04/2008 |
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67% 3 votes 2 33% 1 |
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waste of bits and bites. |
ryang 07/10/2008 |
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40% 5 votes 2 60% 3 |
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May be a bad sign when they are getting positive press for site not going down... |
green33 06/10/2008 |
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67% 6 votes 4 33% 2 |
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A company who can actually deliver great performance and up-time will win against them.
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davidc 05/15/2008 |
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56% 9 votes 5 44% 4 |
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Limited upside growth, product diversification is limited. |
desertfox 05/21/2008 |
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71% 7 votes 5 29% 2 |
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Not convinced advertising model will work |
kenny 04/27/2008 |
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87% 15 votes 13 13% 2 |
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Scalability issues may limit growth potential |
dave 01/10/2008 |
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79% 24 votes 19 21% 5 |
I agree with this personally, but plenty of people are addicted to it.
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Is it worth $500M - $1B?
- Started by: jillian_smith
- Date: Apr 6, 2009
- Comments: 4
- Last Comment: 1 month ago
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Celebs are dropping the word "Twitter" into their interviews. News is being broken on it. People are letting others know when they're arrested. Is Twitter worth the rumored $500M - $1B figures floated around last week during the purported sales talks to Google?
Jillian, it really depends on who is buying (if any) twitter.com - but google, microsoft I believe they have to pay €2,5B and Facebook shall pay more but they don't have the capital ;)
traffic translates to dollars - they will find a model that works or be purchased by a company that has a model that works for them
hsbequ.... traffic counts of cause but more and more quality of the traffic gets more weight in regards to the value -I think ;)
hmmm... lots of traffic but monetisation really have to come in fast. But twitter have so much potential and it's growing so fast. Will it be a fad? I don't think so. It's so simple and superb idea. That's the core to all great business. Keep it simple. =)
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