Surely a valuation is meaningless until you are able to actually have a liquidity event.

If it was me, I'd recognize that the Twitter hype is probably peaking about now, and it's a good time to quit and take some cash.

it always looks like it's peaking if your growth is hyperbolic. whether or not they're idiots or geniuses is determined by the market.

but if I was running twitter I would certainly take $150 million in cash. If you still want to run a company well now you have cash and a success under your belt. Funding should be an order of magnitude easier.

"it always looks like it's peaking if your growth is hyperbolic."

Sure, but the fact we're even discussing $250m valuation for a company whos only real worth seems to be its users and possible future profit, should be a good pointer that this is a peak. Much like Facebook peaked.

Twitter's founders have already had a prior success. Funding is already easy for them.

And if you would sell a company with that sort of traffic and growth for $150m, then I'm glad I'm not invested in it.

a. It's a rumor.

b. Even as a rumor, the deal isn't closed.

c. The article mentions that they got a lot of "no"'s from people. If someone said "yes" it's likely the terms are going to be harsh.