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Acquired · Twitter · Overview

Twitter

Network effects without a stable business model.

$500M+ Facebook offer discussed$100M+ First full ad-revenue year$2B+ Revenue run rate

Major events · 20062013

2006200820102012
FoundingLeadershipIPO
  1. 2006Founding

    Odeo pivots into Twitter

    A podcasting company redirects a small team toward short, real-time status messages.

    Acquired: Twitter with Dick Costolo (October 2020)

  2. 2009Leadership

    Dick Costolo joins as COO

    He closes data-licensing deals with Google and Microsoft, then begins building a scalable ad model.

    Acquired: Twitter with Dick Costolo (October 2020)

  3. 2010Leadership

    Costolo becomes CEO

    Twitter builds product, engineering, and go-to-market teams around a native feed advertisement.

    Acquired: Twitter with Dick Costolo (October 2020)

  4. 2013IPO

    Twitter goes public

    The public listing follows rapid monetization from a challenger position in digital advertising.

    Acquired: Twitter with Dick Costolo (October 2020)

Origin

Founded2006FoundersJack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone, Evan WilliamsLocationSan Francisco, United States

Create a real-time public messaging network whose content can travel anywhere the internet does.

Twitter emerged from Odeo's pivot and grew faster than its monetization system. Dick Costolo's account focuses on the transition from a zero-revenue network into a scaled advertising business without sacrificing the distributed nature of the product.

Key facts

Facebook offer discussed

$500M+

First full ad-revenue year

$100M+

Revenue run rate

$2B+

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