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"...Twitter’s announcement is the first significant step toward a business model." That statement seems so odd.
by Qz 17y ago
"...Twitter’s announcement is the first significant step toward a business model."
That statement seems so odd.
- _delirium 17y agoEspecially since they're already profitable...
- smanek 17y agoIs that sarcasm? To the best of my knowledge, they don't even have any significant revenue (besides bigger and bigger VC rounds ;-)) - let alone having hit profitability.
- _delirium 17y agoThey got about $25m from Google and Microsoft in return for real-time data feeds, which is by itself enough to make them profitable: http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/dec2009/tc20091220_549879.htm http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/dec2009/tc200...
- pierrefar 17y agoThey were profitable in 2009 because of the search engine deals. But these were one-offs so they can't be the whole story.