Comments on: The three business models that make Twitter a billion-dollar business in 12-24 months. http://calacanis.com/2008/01/02/the-three-business-models-that-make-twitter-a-billion-dollar-bus/ Weblog by Jason Calacanis, formerly of Weblogs, Inc. and AOL. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:21:07 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Maxx78 http://calacanis.com/2008/01/02/the-three-business-models-that-make-twitter-a-billion-dollar-bus/#comment-14253 Maxx78 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:37:39 +0000 http://calacanis.wordpress.com/2008/01/02/the-three-business-models-that-make-twitter-a-billion-dollar-bus/#comment-14253 Suppose, for instance, that you're A neuroscientist who's been successful in discovering exactly what goes on where in the brain when a certain kind of painful sensation is felt. , Suppose, for instance, that you’re A neuroscientist who’s been successful in discovering exactly what goes on where in the brain when a certain kind of painful sensation is felt. ,

]]> By: Billion Dollar Brain http://calacanis.com/2008/01/02/the-three-business-models-that-make-twitter-a-billion-dollar-bus/#comment-14111 Billion Dollar Brain Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:37:37 +0000 http://calacanis.wordpress.com/2008/01/02/the-three-business-models-that-make-twitter-a-billion-dollar-bus/#comment-14111 Even if Twitter already had 100 million users, how are they supposed to make $10 from each and every user. I think the valuation of a billion dollars is way off. Even if Twitter already had 100 million users, how are they supposed to make $10 from
each and every user. I think the valuation of a billion dollars is way off.

]]> By: NoPCNoCry http://calacanis.com/2008/01/02/the-three-business-models-that-make-twitter-a-billion-dollar-bus/#comment-13475 NoPCNoCry Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:03:14 +0000 http://calacanis.wordpress.com/2008/01/02/the-three-business-models-that-make-twitter-a-billion-dollar-bus/#comment-13475 "It’s about scale. When you’re playing in the big leagues with unlimited access to capital you shouldn’t worry about revenue BEFORE you have critical mass.*" What's wrong with worrying about both. Unlimited access to capital should not equal laziness in planning, but unfortunately that often seems to be the case. It makes sense to know what you are going to do to generate revenue with your tens of millions of users before you get them. Not being able to lose with that kind of following can still happen. Look at AOL. Otherwise it is like telling Rover to chase the car and figure out what to do with it after he catches it. “It’s about scale. When you’re playing in the big leagues with unlimited access to capital you shouldn’t worry about revenue BEFORE you have critical mass.*”

What’s wrong with worrying about both. Unlimited access to capital should not equal laziness in planning, but unfortunately that often seems to be the case. It makes sense to know what you are going to do to generate revenue with your tens of millions of users before you get them. Not being able to lose with that kind of following can still happen. Look at AOL. Otherwise it is like telling Rover to chase the car and figure out what to do with it after he catches it.

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]]> By: Octoberdan http://calacanis.com/2008/01/02/the-three-business-models-that-make-twitter-a-billion-dollar-bus/#comment-12630 Octoberdan Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:03:56 +0000 http://calacanis.wordpress.com/2008/01/02/the-three-business-models-that-make-twitter-a-billion-dollar-bus/#comment-12630 I don't feel that 2 would be a longterm strategy given the increasing prevalence of smart phones. Why bother getting SMS updates when there's an application for your phone that delivers updates without ads? I don’t feel that 2 would be a longterm strategy given the increasing prevalence of smart phones. Why bother getting SMS updates when there’s an application for your phone that delivers updates without ads?

]]> By: Erik http://calacanis.com/2008/01/02/the-three-business-models-that-make-twitter-a-billion-dollar-bus/#comment-11830 Erik Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:36:04 +0000 http://calacanis.wordpress.com/2008/01/02/the-three-business-models-that-make-twitter-a-billion-dollar-bus/#comment-11830 Jason, The wait-and-see approach by Twitter has allowed them to stumbled upon an accidental business model. There are many start-ups making money today using twitter as the part of their back-end. I personnally have launched a number of twitter-centric products that either generate revenue or drive users to our revenue generating applications. Our products are getting more useful with each new release, our two newest products http://TweetAccess.com allows anyone with a protected Twitter account to charge a subscription fee for access to their tweets (as well as video, audio, ebooks and pictures) and http://TwitReferral.com allows users to rate, review and refer other Twitter users. With so many bright young startups building money making services Twitter can simply acquire the ones that make the most sense as well as charge a network access fee to the startups that actually make money. Best, Erik Founder Whiz Bang Zoom Labs Jason,

The wait-and-see approach by Twitter has allowed them to stumbled upon an accidental business model. There are many start-ups making money today using twitter as the part of their back-end. I personnally have launched a number of twitter-centric products that either generate revenue or drive users to our revenue generating applications. Our products are getting more useful with each new release, our two newest products http://TweetAccess.com allows anyone with a protected Twitter account to charge a subscription fee for access to their tweets (as well as video, audio, ebooks and pictures) and http://TwitReferral.com allows users to rate, review and refer other Twitter users.

With so many bright young startups building money making services Twitter can simply acquire the ones that make the most sense as well as charge a network access fee to the startups that actually make money.

Best,
Erik
Founder
Whiz Bang Zoom Labs

]]> By: The vulnerability of a big idea « Open Ambition http://calacanis.com/2008/01/02/the-three-business-models-that-make-twitter-a-billion-dollar-bus/#comment-11475 The vulnerability of a big idea « Open Ambition Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:13:18 +0000 http://calacanis.wordpress.com/2008/01/02/the-three-business-models-that-make-twitter-a-billion-dollar-bus/#comment-11475 [...] and it wasn’t about building a small, derivative business.  It was about building a disruptive, billion dollar kind of [...] [...] and it wasn’t about building a small, derivative business.  It was about building a disruptive, billion dollar kind of [...]

]]> By: Would you please make up your mind Jason — Shooting at Bubbles http://calacanis.com/2008/01/02/the-three-business-models-that-make-twitter-a-billion-dollar-bus/#comment-10905 Would you please make up your mind Jason — Shooting at Bubbles Mon, 01 Jun 2009 04:36:27 +0000 http://calacanis.wordpress.com/2008/01/02/the-three-business-models-that-make-twitter-a-billion-dollar-bus/#comment-10905 [...] ignition point. Shortly after it got posted it was answered in quick succession by Dave Winer and Jason Calacanis. It was the post by Dave that got me started earlier but it was Jason’s post that puzzled me [...] [...] ignition point. Shortly after it got posted it was answered in quick succession by Dave Winer and Jason Calacanis. It was the post by Dave that got me started earlier but it was Jason’s post that puzzled me [...]

]]> By: The three business models that make Twitter a billion dollar | Wood TV Stand http://calacanis.com/2008/01/02/the-three-business-models-that-make-twitter-a-billion-dollar-bus/#comment-10898 The three business models that make Twitter a billion dollar | Wood TV Stand Sun, 31 May 2009 23:41:15 +0000 http://calacanis.wordpress.com/2008/01/02/the-three-business-models-that-make-twitter-a-billion-dollar-bus/#comment-10898 [...] The three business models that make Twitter a billion dollar Posted by root 2 hours 2 minutes ago (http://calacanis.com) Comment by buzzirk team march 10 2009 8 35 pm de forma muy diferente a la prevista por algunos gur s de internet mientras otros como dave winer han acertado cu l es el modelo de negocio de this week in tech was a riot this week http twit tv 180 the powere Discuss  |  Bury |  News | The three business models that make Twitter a billion dollar [...] [...] The three business models that make Twitter a billion dollar Posted by root 2 hours 2 minutes ago (http://calacanis.com) Comment by buzzirk team march 10 2009 8 35 pm de forma muy diferente a la prevista por algunos gur s de internet mientras otros como dave winer han acertado cu l es el modelo de negocio de this week in tech was a riot this week http twit tv 180 the powere Discuss  |  Bury |  News | The three business models that make Twitter a billion dollar [...]

]]> By: Andrew Ackroyd » Online Portfolio » Emerging Technologies: Twitter http://calacanis.com/2008/01/02/the-three-business-models-that-make-twitter-a-billion-dollar-bus/#comment-10623 Andrew Ackroyd » Online Portfolio » Emerging Technologies: Twitter Sat, 09 May 2009 12:41:44 +0000 http://calacanis.wordpress.com/2008/01/02/the-three-business-models-that-make-twitter-a-billion-dollar-bus/#comment-10623 [...] currently generates no money. So the question is, how will the make money? A great post over at Calacanis.com suggests that it could go one of three ways. Putting advertisements in your feed, sending [...] [...] currently generates no money. So the question is, how will the make money? A great post over at Calacanis.com suggests that it could go one of three ways. Putting advertisements in your feed, sending [...]

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