Comments on: Twitter Gets Their Venture Round http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/twitter-gets-their-venture-round/ Startup and Tech News Fri, 16 May 2008 12:24:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: socialinnovation3.com » Blog Archive » Twitter Reportedly Putting More Gas In The Tank http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/twitter-gets-their-venture-round/#comment-2230219 socialinnovation3.com » Blog Archive » Twitter Reportedly Putting More Gas In The Tank Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:17:44 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/twitter-gets-their-venture-round/#comment-2230219 [...] raised over $5M in funding last July. Digital Garage also invested in the company this past January as [...] […] raised over $5M in funding last July. Digital Garage also invested in the company this past January as […]

]]> By: TechCrunch en français » Twitter à la recherche de nouveaux fonds http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/twitter-gets-their-venture-round/#comment-2225068 TechCrunch en français » Twitter à la recherche de nouveaux fonds Sat, 26 Apr 2008 07:20:11 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/twitter-gets-their-venture-round/#comment-2225068 [...] avait leve $5milllions en Juillet dernier. DigitalGarage avait aussi investi dans la société en Janvier dans [...] […] avait leve $5milllions en Juillet dernier. DigitalGarage avait aussi investi dans la société en Janvier dans […]

]]> By: Twitter Reportedly Putting More Gas In The Tank http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/twitter-gets-their-venture-round/#comment-2224677 Twitter Reportedly Putting More Gas In The Tank Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:27:46 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/twitter-gets-their-venture-round/#comment-2224677 [...] raised over $5M in funding last July. Digital Garage also invested in the company this past January as [...] […] raised over $5M in funding last July. Digital Garage also invested in the company this past January as […]

]]> By: Does a Facebook-Twitter Deal Make Sense? | Mark Evans http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/twitter-gets-their-venture-round/#comment-1892545 Does a Facebook-Twitter Deal Make Sense? | Mark Evans Tue, 01 Jan 2008 14:17:13 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/twitter-gets-their-venture-round/#comment-1892545 [...] leaves Twitter as a venture-backed M&A play looking for the right deal. Perhaps the most obvious candidate to buy Twitter is [...] […] leaves Twitter as a venture-backed M&A play looking for the right deal. Perhaps the most obvious candidate to buy Twitter is […]

]]> By: Google Aquires Jaiku the Social Mobile Startup - Rev2.org http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/twitter-gets-their-venture-round/#comment-1667451 Google Aquires Jaiku the Social Mobile Startup - Rev2.org Wed, 10 Oct 2007 03:16:37 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/twitter-gets-their-venture-round/#comment-1667451 [...] this. Twitter has faced some technical issues including downtime and slow servers. They also took a venture round somewhere between $1-5 million back in July. So, buying a more stable company withe good [...] […] this. Twitter has faced some technical issues including downtime and slow servers. They also took a venture round somewhere between $1-5 million back in July. So, buying a more stable company withe good […]

]]> By: (-multitag-) | Twitter: las sinrazones de los early adopters? http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/twitter-gets-their-venture-round/#comment-1563851 (-multitag-) | Twitter: las sinrazones de los early adopters? Sun, 19 Aug 2007 09:55:55 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/twitter-gets-their-venture-round/#comment-1563851 [...] leí en ningún post nuevo nada sobre economics de Twitter. Ok si, recibieron funding a fines de julio pero en varios blogs (en los comments encima. mirar los comments de techcrunch) se [...] […] leí en ningún post nuevo nada sobre economics de Twitter. Ok si, recibieron funding a fines de julio pero en varios blogs (en los comments encima. mirar los comments de techcrunch) se […]

]]> By: SearchCap: The Day In Search, July 27, 2007 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/twitter-gets-their-venture-round/#comment-1532109 SearchCap: The Day In Search, July 27, 2007 Thu, 02 Aug 2007 05:50:45 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/twitter-gets-their-venture-round/#comment-1532109 [...] Twitter Gets Their Venture Round, Techcrunch [...] […] Twitter Gets Their Venture Round, Techcrunch […]

]]> By: Delroy Frazer http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/twitter-gets-their-venture-round/#comment-1526792 Delroy Frazer Mon, 30 Jul 2007 20:59:16 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/twitter-gets-their-venture-round/#comment-1526792 I guess each site will have its audience, but I clicked around a few times on the twittster, it did not have much substance to keep me...because I really don't care what my pal did this morning...and I don't have the time to keep up..., but I guess it will be popular amongst newbies...or teenies...I think they will graduate from the site as soon as they get used to it...not long after...all the best to them... I guess each site will have its audience, but I clicked around a few times on the twittster, it did not have much substance to keep me…because I really don’t care what my pal did this morning…and I don’t have the time to keep up…, but I guess it will be popular amongst newbies…or teenies…I think they will graduate from the site as soon as they get used to it…not long after…all the best to them…

]]> By: onestarinc http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/twitter-gets-their-venture-round/#comment-1525188 onestarinc Sun, 29 Jul 2007 17:16:58 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/twitter-gets-their-venture-round/#comment-1525188 I don't frequently use twitter but I've been on the site a few times, I think they were on to something with the global connectivity, but I honestly just don't see the value in the site! It isn't 95 again or anything but the big deals that have been getting done is enough to make any greedy VC lick their chops at the numbers these sites have been exiting for, so I think that's why your seeing alot of companies receiving funding. I don’t frequently use twitter but I’ve been on the site a few times, I think they were on to something with the global connectivity, but I honestly just don’t see the value in the site! It isn’t 95 again or anything but the big deals that have been getting done is enough to make any greedy VC lick their chops at the numbers these sites have been exiting for, so I think that’s why your seeing alot of companies receiving funding.

]]> By: Blog.XDite.net » ROR 設計盲點所引發的惡搞危機 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/twitter-gets-their-venture-round/#comment-1525094 Blog.XDite.net » ROR 設計盲點所引發的惡搞危機 Sun, 29 Jul 2007 14:52:10 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/twitter-gets-their-venture-round/#comment-1525094 [...] TechCrunch 在 7/26 講的數字怎麼只有 30 萬這麼低。（是他太久沒 Update [...] […] TechCrunch 在 7/26 講的數字怎麼只有 30 萬這麼低。（是他太久沒 Update […]

]]> By: Jay (living in First Life) http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/twitter-gets-their-venture-round/#comment-1522930 Jay (living in First Life) Fri, 27 Jul 2007 21:17:39 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/twitter-gets-their-venture-round/#comment-1522930 Maybe venture capitalists are getting into the "business" of charity now: http://livinginfirstlife.wordpress.com/2007/07/27/venture-capital-as-a-charity/ Maybe venture capitalists are getting into the “business” of charity now:

http://livinginfirstlife.wordp.....a-charity/

]]> By: Toni D. http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/twitter-gets-their-venture-round/#comment-1522786 Toni D. Fri, 27 Jul 2007 19:19:12 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/twitter-gets-their-venture-round/#comment-1522786 We tried Twitter and found it to not be terribly useful. Cute gizmo but I don't see a huge future http://www.bizorigin.com/2007/new-wave-of-funding-making-twitter-chirp-louder/ We tried Twitter and found it to not be terribly useful. Cute gizmo but I don’t see a huge future

http://www.bizorigin.com/2007/.....rp-louder/

]]> By: Jay (living in First Life) http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/twitter-gets-their-venture-round/#comment-1522757 Jay (living in First Life) Fri, 27 Jul 2007 19:02:00 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/twitter-gets-their-venture-round/#comment-1522757 It's funny to see the awful grammar/intelligence of the Twitter fans. Some classic examples: #21 Andrew - looks like he can't speak outside of "Twitter speak" #35 Jim Gregory - "some of tha adds are cute". I'm sure your mother finds it cute that her son spells like a 4 year old. There are some of you who make decent points, but why would a specific mobile carrier purchase Twitter? By not being independent, it would get cut off by the other players and they'd launch their own. It can only survive as an independent. This locks out a number of potential acquisition opportunities. To those of you who think the nay-sayers are a statistical sample of one, I would argue that the adoption of Twitter at 300,000 is really low. Not just that, but the actual usage of those 300,000 is even lower. Many people have signed up, tried it out, and left it because it's such a worthless service. If you have real things to communicate with people, you use email or a phone. Twitter is for twits (users, investors, management, etc.). Welcome to the Emperor's New Clothes 2.0 baby! It’s funny to see the awful grammar/intelligence of the Twitter fans. Some classic examples:

#21 Andrew - looks like he can’t speak outside of “Twitter speak”

#35 Jim Gregory - “some of tha adds are cute”. I’m sure your mother finds it cute that her son spells like a 4 year old.

There are some of you who make decent points, but why would a specific mobile carrier purchase Twitter? By not being independent, it would get cut off by the other players and they’d launch their own. It can only survive as an independent. This locks out a number of potential acquisition opportunities.

To those of you who think the nay-sayers are a statistical sample of one, I would argue that the adoption of Twitter at 300,000 is really low. Not just that, but the actual usage of those 300,000 is even lower. Many people have signed up, tried it out, and left it because it’s such a worthless service.

If you have real things to communicate with people, you use email or a phone. Twitter is for twits (users, investors, management, etc.).

Welcome to the Emperor’s New Clothes 2.0 baby!

]]> By: Jim Gregory http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/twitter-gets-their-venture-round/#comment-1522690 Jim Gregory Fri, 27 Jul 2007 18:12:29 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/twitter-gets-their-venture-round/#comment-1522690 Well if nothing else some of tha adds are cute Well if nothing else some of tha adds are cute

]]> By: Derek Scruggs http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/twitter-gets-their-venture-round/#comment-1522659 Derek Scruggs Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:43:56 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/twitter-gets-their-venture-round/#comment-1522659 @useless twitter - do you have a daughter aged 12-18? You pretty much described her daily existence. I'm skeptical Twitter will find a big revenue model on its own, but its got to be attractive to mobile providers. @useless twitter - do you have a daughter aged 12-18? You pretty much described her daily existence. I’m skeptical Twitter will find a big revenue model on its own, but its got to be attractive to mobile providers.

]]> By: Carl http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/twitter-gets-their-venture-round/#comment-1522638 Carl Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:29:37 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/twitter-gets-their-venture-round/#comment-1522638 I am amazed at everyone's ability to extrapolate their opinion to the world's: "I don't want to use Twitter, therefore nobody does." What do you suppose the margin of error is on a statistical sample of one? I am amazed at everyone’s ability to extrapolate their opinion to the world’s: “I don’t want to use Twitter, therefore nobody does.” What do you suppose the margin of error is on a statistical sample of one?

]]> By: useless twitter http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/twitter-gets-their-venture-round/#comment-1522603 useless twitter Fri, 27 Jul 2007 16:49:57 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/twitter-gets-their-venture-round/#comment-1522603 Twitter is useless. Funding doesn't mean anything! Self claimed visionaries (with lots of ego) have time to type messages such as, - I woke up - Brushing teeth - The next one .. You don't want to know what I am doing now (no, we don't want to know) - blow drying ?? The fad will go away in few months. Sure, some clueless company may buy them before that. Twitter is useless.

Funding doesn’t mean anything! Self claimed visionaries (with lots of ego) have time to type messages such as,

- I woke up
- Brushing teeth
- The next one .. You don’t want to know what I am doing now (no, we don’t want to know)
- blow drying

??

The fad will go away in few months. Sure, some clueless company may buy them before that.

]]> By: Steve Poland http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/twitter-gets-their-venture-round/#comment-1522556 Steve Poland Fri, 27 Jul 2007 15:50:58 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/twitter-gets-their-venture-round/#comment-1522556 Twitter could become the next (Facebook) Platform -- but for mobile -- if they play their cards right. See http://www.techquilashots.com/2007/07/25/twitter-become-the-facebook-platform-for-mobile/ Twitter could become the next (Facebook) Platform — but for mobile — if they play their cards right. See http://www.techquilashots.com/.....or-mobile/

]]> By: RandomRat http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/twitter-gets-their-venture-round/#comment-1522520 RandomRat Fri, 27 Jul 2007 15:01:23 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/twitter-gets-their-venture-round/#comment-1522520 Ah I smell some Google money in the deal. Mr Costolo (Dick) made his fortune from FeedBurner acquisition and now he is chilling out investing. Good move Dick, atleast you're not gonna loose any money - Twitter will give you something back... Ah I smell some Google money in the deal. Mr Costolo (Dick) made his fortune from FeedBurner acquisition and now he is chilling out investing. Good move Dick, atleast you’re not gonna loose any money - Twitter will give you something back…

]]> By: Jason McMinn http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/twitter-gets-their-venture-round/#comment-1522506 Jason McMinn Fri, 27 Jul 2007 14:48:30 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/twitter-gets-their-venture-round/#comment-1522506 Boris - comparing Radio to Twitter is like . . . well there is no comparison. I don't discount the text messages value to a carrier, but they will never truly get to a mass market. Sure maybe kids have time to send a text message every 10 minutes because they think people care what they are doing, but no one else does. Use IM and e-mail. Next. Boris - comparing Radio to Twitter is like . . . well there is no comparison. I don’t discount the text messages value to a carrier, but they will never truly get to a mass market. Sure maybe kids have time to send a text message every 10 minutes because they think people care what they are doing, but no one else does. Use IM and e-mail. Next.

]]> By: Neil http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/twitter-gets-their-venture-round/#comment-1522498 Neil Fri, 27 Jul 2007 14:42:42 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/twitter-gets-their-venture-round/#comment-1522498 ..but on the subject of Twitter - is it becoming a brand in the States? I'm stuck somewhere miles away, so don't know. But I think its value is based around being a brand. A brand is v. difficult to create but easy to monetize long term. ..but on the subject of Twitter - is it becoming a brand in the States? I’m stuck somewhere miles away, so don’t know. But I think its value is based around being a brand. A brand is v. difficult to create but easy to monetize long term.

]]> By: Neil http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/twitter-gets-their-venture-round/#comment-1522495 Neil Fri, 27 Jul 2007 14:41:12 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/twitter-gets-their-venture-round/#comment-1522495 to number 11 - YouTube's mounting bandwidth costs? As far as I am aware they pay virtually nothing in b/w charges. They peer with T2 and T3 telcos, and to be honest they could charge Telcos (less than transit price) for their content if they tried. to number 11 - YouTube’s mounting bandwidth costs? As far as I am aware they pay virtually nothing in b/w charges. They peer with T2 and T3 telcos, and to be honest they could charge Telcos (less than transit price) for their content if they tried.

]]> By: Nabeel Hyatt http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/twitter-gets-their-venture-round/#comment-1522483 Nabeel Hyatt Fri, 27 Jul 2007 14:24:53 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/twitter-gets-their-venture-round/#comment-1522483 Congrats to Biz, Ev, Union Square, and Charles River Ventures. I was real skeptic when it first came out, and I'll admit I'm not the perfect use case for the service. But recently I've seen first hand how useful and different Twitter is from IM and Email. I see it adding real value not as a way to spread missives like, "I just had a peanut butter sandwich" - but instead as a way to keep highly mobile, loosely joined, close friends in contact with each other (like, say, the way I was in college). Congrats to Biz, Ev, Union Square, and Charles River Ventures. I was real skeptic when it first came out, and I’ll admit I’m not the perfect use case for the service.

But recently I’ve seen first hand how useful and different Twitter is from IM and Email. I see it adding real value not as a way to spread missives like, “I just had a peanut butter sandwich” - but instead as a way to keep highly mobile, loosely joined, close friends in contact with each other (like, say, the way I was in college).

]]> By: Mike http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/twitter-gets-their-venture-round/#comment-1522427 Mike Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:31:13 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/twitter-gets-their-venture-round/#comment-1522427 Correction, I meant to write: How to monetize? With chaser messages. If you and your friends are having a conversation about what to do after tonight’s concert, Twitter could then send a chaser SMS message to everyone notifying you that a near-by restaurant is having a late night happy hour *after* the concert. Correction, I meant to write:

How to monetize? With chaser messages. If you and your friends are having a conversation about what to do after tonight’s concert, Twitter could then send a chaser SMS message to everyone notifying you that a near-by restaurant is having a late night happy hour *after* the concert.

]]> By: Mike http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/twitter-gets-their-venture-round/#comment-1522424 Mike Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:26:48 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/twitter-gets-their-venture-round/#comment-1522424 I'm skeptical about Twitter because there's very little preventing Facebook, MySpace or any other social network from adding Twitter-like functionality. Their service would be far more interesting if it were able to simulcast(-receive) tweets from all of the social networks that I belonged to. Like Social Network Glue. Rather than receiving email updates about changes to Facebook, MySpace, Virb, among others, I could route all of that traffic through Twitter. How to monetize? With chaser messages. If you and your friends are having a conversation about what to do after tonight's concert, Twitter could then send a chaser SMS message to everyone notifying you that a near-by restaurant is having a happy hour before the concert. There are obviously privacy concerns but perhaps people would see value in low-volume, highly-targeted, contextually relevant ads. I’m skeptical about Twitter because there’s very little preventing Facebook, MySpace or any other social network from adding Twitter-like functionality.

Their service would be far more interesting if it were able to simulcast(-receive) tweets from all of the social networks that I belonged to. Like Social Network Glue. Rather than receiving email updates about changes to Facebook, MySpace, Virb, among others, I could route all of that traffic through Twitter.

How to monetize? With chaser messages. If you and your friends are having a conversation about what to do after tonight’s concert, Twitter could then send a chaser SMS message to everyone notifying you that a near-by restaurant is having a happy hour before the concert.

There are obviously privacy concerns but perhaps people would see value in low-volume, highly-targeted, contextually relevant ads.

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