Wednesday, December 15, 2010

How Twitter.com Went From A $7,500 Domain To A $3.7 Billion Company

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Way back in 2006, Twitter launched as Twttr on Twttr.com because it was SMS-based texting service, at first.

After then-CEO Jack Dorsey and his chairman Ev Williams realized the service should focus more on the Web, they went out and bought Twitter.com for $7,500.

Ev tweeted about the price earlier this fall.

Today, Twitter raised $200 million at a whopping $3.7 billion valuation.

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How Twitter.com Went From A $7,500 Domain To A $3.7 Billion Company


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