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Re: How much is Twitter worth? $589 million, says SharesPost report

Website Design — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 00:40:51 -0000

Twitter is worth pennies when in comparison to Facebook because Twitter does not have an easy place to put ads within their flow, all that financial commitment money is going to offered in fumes and lattes while Facebook has an ad network that will help users to growth.

Re: How much is Twitter worth? $589 million, says SharesPost report

AV — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 21:45:54 -0000

I think people need to be careful with valuations. As with any private company (or public for that matter) when making projections based on speculative or projected numbers, models can be highly sensitive to the inputs. Even using the latest venture rounds doesn't necessarily reflect the truest value of a company - yes, in the end a company is worth what someone is willing to pay for it, but the limited information available isn't enough for buyers of shares on a private exchange like SharesPost to make informed decisions, even if they are accredited investors. Did a post on this issue yesterday: http://bit.ly/wftHV

Re: How much is Twitter worth? $589 million, says SharesPost report

azeemazhar — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 07:24:47 -0000

Only $589m? I think they under-estimate Twitter's longer term margins. Could be as high as 60%, in which case you could double the valuation. Also 25x forward PE looks cheap considering Twitter will still be growing. $GOOG trades at 30x PE, and is growing much slower that TWTR

Re: How much is Twitter worth? $589 million, says SharesPost report

EmailBusiness — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:18:48 -0000

Simon,

I totally agree. We are all at an awesome beginning. Let's enjoy the ride!

Re: How much is Twitter worth? $589 million, says SharesPost report

Myriam — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:40:30 -0000

@ least some companies are reporting profits.

Re: How much is Twitter worth? $589 million, says SharesPost report

simon_hamer — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:38:22 -0000

So many think Twitter is ........ (you fill in the blank) but most people do not really understand it. As its full potential gets exposed more will become users and more will take it seriously. Thanks for your article.

Re: How much is Twitter worth? $589 million, says SharesPost report

NickLeung — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:10:31 -0000

Interesting...It would be cool to see how Twitter would execute it's monetization plan.