Twitter: A fine 'pre-business' but un-monetizable and a deadly acquisition target

Re:Twitter: A fine 'pre-business' but un-monetizable and a d... by tptacek on Monday March 16, 2009 @07:57PM (#519019)

Your argument, which might be strong, would be evidently strong if you could cite a couple cases where a large "pre-monitized" turned out to be lucrative for an acquirer.

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Re:Twitter: A fine 'pre-business' but un-monetizable and a d... by dangoldin on Monday March 16, 2009 @08:57PM (#519117)

I can think of Summize which became Twitter search.

It doesn't necessarily make Twitter any more money but I do think they're getting a lot more growth because of it.

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Re:Twitter: A fine 'pre-business' but un-monetizable and a d... by omarchowdhury on Monday March 16, 2009 @09:40PM (#519190)

Your best example is a derivative startup?

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Re:Twitter: A fine 'pre-business' but un-monetizable and a d... by tptacek on Monday March 16, 2009 @09:32PM (#519176)

How much do you think Summize went for? 500k? $1MM at the outside? Is that really the best counterexample we've got?

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Re:Twitter: A fine 'pre-business' but un-monetizable and a d... by wallflower on Monday March 16, 2009 @11:45PM (#519347)

I remember Summize was rumored to have gone for $15m in cash and Twitter stock.

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Re:Twitter: A fine 'pre-business' but un-monetizable and a d... by tptacek on Tuesday March 17, 2009 @08:31AM (#519779)

The entire round of funding Twitter took just prior to buying Summize was $15MM.

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Re:Twitter: A fine 'pre-business' but un-monetizable and a d... by swombat on Tuesday March 17, 2009 @06:32AM (#519703)

Wouldn't blogger.com count? I'm sure they're making a fair amount from slapping adverts on it, not to mention all the user data harvesting.

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