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0 points001sky13y ago0 comments

Certainly fair questions. Here are some of the data:

1.16 billion of capital and 140 employees

6.0-7.0 billion valuation, estimated

In terms of profit per employee, you're looking at 50 to 100 million to 'break even' at that vauation

So, part of it is the $$ raised and part is the $$ valuation

Is it possible paint yourself into a box, strategically, if you take money at aggressive valuation?

Source: http://www.crunchbase.com/company/twitter

Edit: Headcount data look out of date at TechCrunch. See comment below, this now ~1,000 not 140.

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stevencorona13y ago

Woa woa, 140 employees? You mean over 1000 now. Source: http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/twitter-1000-employees...

001skyOP13y ago

Thanks, this is a good catch. I pulled the data from techcrunch (they were out of date, added reference above).

General direction of the comment is distilled, still as follows:

1) valuation is 7x invested capital

2) The invested capital is large, requires large exit

3) This is going to put pressure on the team ($10-15B exit?)

4) Thats a requires lot of $$/head for the team to bring in

stevencorona13y ago

Not to mention well over 100mil/yr in salaries alone (prob more like 150-170mil with benefits, taxes, and generally high salaries in SF, glassdoor shows avg salary 120-130k)

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stevencorona13y ago

Woa woa, 140 employees? You mean over 1000 now. Source: http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/twitter-1000-employees...

001skyOP13y ago

Thanks, this is a good catch. I pulled the data from techcrunch (they were out of date, added reference above).

General direction of the comment is distilled, still as follows:

1) valuation is 7x invested capital

2) The invested capital is large, requires large exit

3) This is going to put pressure on the team ($10-15B exit?)

4) Thats a requires lot of $$/head for the team to bring in

stevencorona13y ago

Not to mention well over 100mil/yr in salaries alone (prob more like 150-170mil with benefits, taxes, and generally high salaries in SF, glassdoor shows avg salary 120-130k)

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse