#microPITCH Top 10 Out of the thousands of tweets to @perfectbusiness #microPITCH, there have been an extraordinary number of bright ideas. There could only be one winner, but we still want to take this opportunity to highlight the other Top 10 finalists in the microPITCH competition below. Whether you made the Top 10 or not, we hope that everyone considers submitting a full pitch for The Perfect Pitch 2009 Conference. If you are an entrepreneur, we also encourage you to join PerfectBusiness.com and explore the business startup courses and resources. Best of luck with your business!
- Marro.ws
Bazen 140 karakterde işini anlatabiliyor olmak, bunu anlatarak alacağın yatırımdan daha değerli oluyor. Nitekim ben 140 karaktere sığdırmakta çok zorlandım. Belki o kadar emeğe yatırım bulurdum :)
- Muhammed YILDIRIM
Robert: it has yet to be proven that Biz said that, I highly doubt it, quoted that link but it could be totally wrong
- Loic Le Meur
Seems awfully ambitious. They have money to survive and adapt though - hopefully they keep adapting.
- Jesse Stay
Jesse: to grow that large they need to find a dramatic monetization scheme. It'll be interesting to see what that is.
- Robert Scoble
Robert, yeah - I'm not discounting it. It will be interesting to see though. There are a lot of people that want their space right now.
- Jesse Stay
Jesse: I think Twitter is pretty defensible actually. Most businesses aren't going to start hyping up someplace else. Twitter is just part of the lexicon now. I walk into a lot of restaurants and they have "follow us on Twitter" right on the menu or on the tables. One even had it in their bathrooms. A new company is NOT going to get that. But agree lots of companies would love to be in their shoes.
- Robert Scoble
Robert, I agree, but keep in mind it's not just new companies that want to be in their shoes. Much bigger companies want their space as well. They'll need to adapt - many big names have gone down in flames due to large attitudes and non-willingness to adapt. Think AOL, Compuserve, etc.
- Jesse Stay
Sure, Twitter might have entered the lexicon... but... who cares if they can't come up with a way to make lots of money? Lets not kid ourselves: if they had a genuine idea of making lots of money, they would have implemented it by now. Instead they're just going to keep using VC money to keep afloat, hiring like mad and hope like hell that some silly company like eBay comes along and gobbles them up before the tide goes out and the VC's lose faith.
- Rowan Hanna
Twitter has no shortage of VC because everyone knows Twitter is going to be massive. Twitter is more concerned about growth than revenue at this point, which is a smart move, because it won't scare people away. I came up with a rhyme that applies to any Online monetization plan: Popularize, then Monetize. Monetize first and users might be put off and not sign up. Monetize after users sign up and they probably won't leave.
- Garin Kilpatrick
so we-re saying most of those employees planned will be sales, eh? They better hurry though, who can be sure that by 2013 they won't be myspaced by the next thing?
- Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
What 1bn people will tweet about? Oh I forgot only 10% post tweets...
- Giorgio Burlini
from iPhone
I did a $Billion Dollar #micropitch today + U gotta mention Facebook + Twitter but I also gave FriendFeed a Plug!
- Billy Warhol
Yep; Twitter isn't going anywhere - it is here to stay...
- Mark Harai
I liked what Ev, or Biz?, tweeted yesterday. Blogger was a side project that forced them to change course, Twitter was the same.
- Gary Walter (gwalter)
5200??? Wow. I don't think Twitter is going anywhere, but that's a lot. I wonder what the allocation of roles is for all those folks???
- Kristi Colvin