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I mean he already met with a bunch of them last week and it didn’t go well at all, so what does he expect to happen differently this time?

mikkergp 4y ago
One of Elon Musk's strengths seems to be in hiring people to do the things he's not that good at. I know he fired the Executive in charge of this last week. Maybe he has a new strategy, but I haven't seen any evidence so far (other than user counts being up) that it seems to be working. I saw Oreo say they were stopping advertising, have any companies publicly suggested they're more confident after talking to Musk?
- salad-fan 4y ago
  He just fired thousands of people who are good at things he isn’t, so I’m not sure I agree with your first sentence. But to your concluding question, yes that’s something I’m also intrigued by, and have yet to see any evidence of.
  - mikkergp 4y ago
    One theory might be he’s been fighting a lot with the intermediaries, maybe he thinks if he talks to the companies themselves he can assuage their concerns. I’ve noticed however that Musk’s doesn’t seem to try to sell the vision of why it’s good for the people he’s selling to, he mostly sells the grander vision of why it’s good for humanity. That probably works great for a rocket ship company and fine for a car company when what a rich celebrity wants for a car is the same thing we all want for a car, but may not work so well in assuaging relatively conservative advertises and a diverse customer base.
mikece 4y ago
The difference this time is he's going to share a bit of the grand plan about the "everything app" which will position Twitter as more of a financial services company (complete with KYC -- adios, anonymous twitter accounts! -- and all of the direct marketing info that brings) than merely a social media company. The $8/month blue checkmark program with promises to pay creators for content is only the first step.
mikkergp 4y ago
Wild, it was live/public: https://twitter.com/elonmusk https://twitter.com/elonmusk edit: So far it's his same talking points.

mikkergp 4y ago

One of Elon Musk's strengths seems to be in hiring people to do the things he's not that good at. I know he fired the Executive in charge of this last week. Maybe he has a new strategy, but I haven't seen any evidence so far (other than user counts being up) that it seems to be working. I saw Oreo say they were stopping advertising, have any companies publicly suggested they're more confident after talking to Musk?

salad-fan 4y ago
He just fired thousands of people who are good at things he isn’t, so I’m not sure I agree with your first sentence. But to your concluding question, yes that’s something I’m also intrigued by, and have yet to see any evidence of.
- mikkergp 4y ago
  One theory might be he’s been fighting a lot with the intermediaries, maybe he thinks if he talks to the companies themselves he can assuage their concerns. I’ve noticed however that Musk’s doesn’t seem to try to sell the vision of why it’s good for the people he’s selling to, he mostly sells the grander vision of why it’s good for humanity. That probably works great for a rocket ship company and fine for a car company when what a rich celebrity wants for a car is the same thing we all want for a car, but may not work so well in assuaging relatively conservative advertises and a diverse customer base.

mikece 4y ago

The difference this time is he's going to share a bit of the grand plan about the "everything app" which will position Twitter as more of a financial services company (complete with KYC -- adios, anonymous twitter accounts! -- and all of the direct marketing info that brings) than merely a social media company. The $8/month blue checkmark program with promises to pay creators for content is only the first step.

mikkergp 4y ago

Wild, it was live/public: https://twitter.com/elonmusk https://twitter.com/elonmusk edit: So far it's his same talking points.