Did they get funded? They mention explicitely that they didn't follow the VC route because they couldn't answer how to make it viable. Anyway, Facebook, Twitte

Did they get funded? They mention explicitely that they didn't follow the VC route because they couldn't answer how to make it viable. Anyway, Facebook, Twitter and etc started and grown a lot only with the promise that they would be viable someday. It worked out in a big way for Facebook at least.