Twitter SMS finance secret revealed

By Leo Ryan August 1st, 2007
In Networking · New technologies · Stories

In my last post about Twitter Ben commented “I have no idea how Twitter can afford to send me 18 gazillion SMS messages for free, but I’m not complaining.” The answer apeared in my in-box today - the secret sauce is…VC;
“Lots of big news at Twitter Headquarters last week. We’ve recently announced the closing of our financing with Union Square Ventures, Charles River Ventures, and some angel investors including Marc Andreessen, Dick Costolo, Ron Conway, and Naval Ravikant. We’re honored to have investors that we look up to and are inspired by. We’re looking forward to adding even more momentum, hiring more engineers, and building a sustainable company. Come on by and visit us: http://twitter.com”

1 response so far ↓

  • 1 Robin Grant // Aug 1, 2007 at 11:43 pm

    Also remember that in the US the receiver pays for texts, not the sender…

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