Comments on: Twitter’s business model is to sell the company http://flaptor.com/blog/twitters-business-model-is-to-sell-the-company_19/ The Corporate Blog Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:38:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: moserw http://flaptor.com/blog/twitters-business-model-is-to-sell-the-company_19/#comment-4861 moserw Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:08:07 +0000 http://flaptor.com/blog/?p=19#comment-4861 I do agree making money is important and in fact that's the reason why Twitter was started, but not sure how they will monetize it though. Also, noting a lot of useless spamming on Twitter these days to compound the problems that Twitter has been having of late. I do agree making money is important and in fact that’s the reason why Twitter was started, but not sure how they will monetize it though. Also, noting a lot of useless spamming on Twitter these days to compound the problems that Twitter has been having of late.

]]> By: Sam Liu » Blog Archive » Fascinating Article http://flaptor.com/blog/twitters-business-model-is-to-sell-the-company_19/#comment-4400 Sam Liu » Blog Archive » Fascinating Article Tue, 27 May 2008 15:46:26 +0000 http://flaptor.com/blog/?p=19#comment-4400 [...] http://flaptor.com/blog/twitters-business-model-is-to-sell-the-company_19/ [...] […] http://flaptor.com/blog/twitters-business-model-is-to-sell-the-company_19/ […]

]]> By: Khyron http://flaptor.com/blog/twitters-business-model-is-to-sell-the-company_19/#comment-4396 Khyron Tue, 27 May 2008 07:44:41 +0000 http://flaptor.com/blog/?p=19#comment-4396 That's what Cisco did with one of their original storage networking initiatives. Andiamo comes to mind. See http://www.byteandswitch.com/document.asp?doc_id=4197 It was an official spin-in, as opposed to being a spin-out or spin-off. See also http://www.byteandswitch.com/document.asp?doc_id=47936 They may have done it again with some of the same "founders" a few years later with a company called Nuova. Cisco clearly isn't in the web app dev space seriously (unless you count WebEx) but the concept still applies here. As for Twitter's business model, I thought it was clear that it was a feature, not a product. (Or it may be a product, but they're hurting its potential with all bad PR and tech problems, kinda like what happened with Friendster.) That’s what Cisco did with one of their original storage networking initiatives. Andiamo comes to mind. See http://www.byteandswitch.com/document.asp?doc_id=4197
It was an official spin-in, as opposed to being a spin-out or spin-off. See also http://www.byteandswitch.com/document.asp?doc_id=47936

They may have done it again with some of the same “founders” a few years later with a company called Nuova.

Cisco clearly isn’t in the web app dev space seriously (unless you count WebEx) but the concept still applies here.

As for Twitter’s business model, I thought it was clear that it was a feature, not a product. (Or it may be a product, but they’re hurting its potential with all bad PR and tech problems, kinda like what happened with Friendster.)

]]> By: FreieNetze.de » Links für den 26.05.2008 http://flaptor.com/blog/twitters-business-model-is-to-sell-the-company_19/#comment-4383 FreieNetze.de » Links für den 26.05.2008 Mon, 26 May 2008 20:59:24 +0000 http://flaptor.com/blog/?p=19#comment-4383 [...] - Twitter’s business model is to sell the company (interessante wie offensichtliche Aspekte zur Nutzung finden sich bei Datamining - Twitter In and [...] […] - Twitter’s business model is to sell the company (interessante wie offensichtliche Aspekte zur Nutzung finden sich bei Datamining - Twitter In and […]

]]> By: Santi Siri http://flaptor.com/blog/twitters-business-model-is-to-sell-the-company_19/#comment-4382 Santi Siri Mon, 26 May 2008 20:50:35 +0000 http://flaptor.com/blog/?p=19#comment-4382 I think it's a very accurate analogy the one you're using to describe some of the dynamics that rule the current business around the web. Sometimes, at least for me, its easy to forget that after all the web is just a new kind of media.. not a software platform but a media space just like tv, radio and newspapers. And it's important to realize the value in that (and the learnt lessons from near-century old technologies such as tv and radio). I often find lot of value in twitter when asking complex questions that a machine cannot tell me, but many of my friends and connections can. It's on those moments when I see twitter as a more-than-entertaining tool. I would like to see them get a notion of how to fully realize the potential behaviour of that emergent act.. but it still seems they need to fight their scaling issues, and that sucks. Great blog btw! I think it’s a very accurate analogy the one you’re using to describe some of the dynamics that rule the current business around the web. Sometimes, at least for me, its easy to forget that after all the web is just a new kind of media.. not a software platform but a media space just like tv, radio and newspapers. And it’s important to realize the value in that (and the learnt lessons from near-century old technologies such as tv and radio).

I often find lot of value in twitter when asking complex questions that a machine cannot tell me, but many of my friends and connections can. It’s on those moments when I see twitter as a more-than-entertaining tool. I would like to see them get a notion of how to fully realize the potential behaviour of that emergent act.. but it still seems they need to fight their scaling issues, and that sucks.

Great blog btw!

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