Wind Rises 2005

Chapter 448
Ma Liang didn't work in finance in his previous life, and he didn't even have much contact with the venture capital circle.

In his memory, he only remembered some important information that was widely circulated on the Internet, but he knew very little about the relevant details.

Just like Ma Liang, although he knew that Facebook took off all the way in his previous life and eventually became one of the five largest technology giants in the United States, but he didn't know so much about its specific financing nodes and financing amount.

It was only because of the gossip gathered by Jennifer, a Wall Street elite, that he was able to make timely adjustments and force the three Twitter giants to speed up the pace of financing.

Although Ma Liang was still calm and composed when facing Ivan, Jack, and Biz, he was not so confident in private.

After all, this was a huge gamble, and he even did not hesitate to encourage Twitter to speed up its development.

In fact, doing so is not good, and it may destabilize the foundation of Twitter.

But there are more investors in the venture capital circle forcing start-up companies to make big strides, and there is no shortage of other bosses.

Besides, he’s doing this for Twitter’s own good.

Even if the bet is lost, at worst Twitter will return to the track of the previous life and continue to be its second child.

But for Ma Liang, whether to bet on this move or not is completely different.

Once the bet is won, Twitter will replace Facebook as the leader in the social field, and it can go sideways in the future.

As the major shareholder of Twitter, Ma Liang's income will be astronomical.

Don't look at Facebook being blown up as one of the five technology giants in the previous life, in fact, it is all piled up with capital, and it is not much different from Google, but it is the same goal by different routes.

Without the help of capital, where do these technology companies recruit so many top talents, and why do they start so many R&D projects.

In fact, behind every technology giant, there are trillions of capital supporting it.

How can you afford high technology if you don't have money?

If you have the ability to save capital and control more funds, you will be the next technology giant.

Whether it is Google, Facebook, Apple, or Tesla, the route to start a business is essentially the same.

Since Facebook can try to acquire Twitter next year with its capital, why can't Twitter take a chance on this possibility?

Facebook and Twitter, one focuses on socializing with acquaintances, and the other focuses on pan-socializing.

In the early stage of development of the two, it should have been more advantageous for an open communication social networking site like Twitter.

It's a pity that Twitter loses because of its late start, and its capital strength is far from that of Facebook, so it can't be compared with the scale of product development and integration service providers.

This has led to the fact that Twitter was doomed to be the second child of ten thousand years at the beginning of its establishment.

After all, just for those technology companies acquired by Facebook, the capital spent is not comparable to that of Twitter.Not to mention that Facebook, with the help of capital, has accumulated several times as many users as Twitter.

It can only be said that you don't have as much money as others, and it is meaningless to struggle.

So Ma Liang wanted to change Twitter's fate against the sky, gaining a hand in the capital bureau, and trying to pull Facebook from the position of the leader of the social circle.

But it is not so difficult to do this.

Without Jennifer's assistance, he really doesn't have the confidence to encourage the Big Three of Twitter to fight.

But now that Jennifer, a Wall Street elite, is his CEO, the situation is different.

Thinking of this, Ma Liang hurriedly asked: "Jennifer, how is the contact with the investor?"

"Don't worry, Boss, I've already contacted you.

After returning to New York in a few days, we will go to interview one by one to finalize. "Jennifer responded confidently.

She is still sure about Twitter's A round of financing.

Not to mention that [Gale Capital] is already a little famous under her operation.

Based on his contacts on Wall Street alone, it shouldn't be a big problem to get the 3000 million US dollars in financing.

If it were another project, Jennifer might still be worried.

But Twitter is different. This is a superstar startup, and it is almost easy to attract investment.

At least make an appointment, even an investor would not refuse.

Ma Liang nodded, and finally felt relieved: "That's good, you can make arrangements as soon as possible, and wait for Ivan to finalize, we will set off in two days and return to New York."

"Okay, BOSS!" Jennifer responded, "But do you really have any arrangements for the $3 million in Series B financing?"

The young boss didn't reveal anything, and she was a little panicked.

After working on Wall Street for so many years, she knows that if she wants to raise [-] million in the B round, she must have exaggerated data and revenue performance.

Otherwise, no one wants to talk to you.

Ma Liang was actually feeling weak in his heart, but he still had to pretend to be confident on his face: "Don't worry, I have my own arrangements later.

Let's get the $3000 million Series A round first, and I'll tell you what to do next. "

This is not entirely a lie, he really has follow-up arrangements.

Twitter has fallen behind at this time. If it continues to develop according to the path of its previous life, it will be impossible to compete with Facebook.

So Ma Liang plans to find another way to let Twitter take a different path.

This road is the feasible development route of domestic goose factories in the previous life, the road of the king of social networking and games.

A pan-social platform like Twitter is definitely inferior to Facebook, which is based on socializing with acquaintances, in terms of the accuracy of users and circles.

Purely relying on advertising revenue, it is certainly difficult to support too high a valuation.

After all, advertisers are not stupid. If the placement is not accurate enough, they will naturally not want to spend more money on your platform.

It is better to learn from Goose Factory and embark on the high value-added route of games.

When there is enough capital, Facebook will be acquired or merged later. It is not certain who will have the last laugh on the social track.

After all, Goose Factory had a lot of sassy operations in its previous life, so it's just right to put it on Twitter.

This is the reason why Ma Liang has the confidence to give it a go. The rebirth boss can't do anything else, but Zhang Guan Li Dai is still okay.

He invested in the game company Zynga in the early stage with this plan in mind.

However, the premise of everything is to increase the traffic of Twitter first, and this must rely on burning money.

Therefore, this $3000 million Series A financing is crucial.

As for this round of financing, except for the more than 1000 million US dollars finalized by Ivan Williams, he has better arrangements for the rest of the financing amount.

Ma Liang intends to use the financing to play a show operation with a powerful and unconstrained style.

This operation was completely figured out by his own hard thinking, and there was no case to learn from in his previous life.

Whether it will be successful or not, he is not 100% sure in his heart.

Everything has to be tried before speaking, so Ma Liang could only deceive Jennifer, otherwise anyone who heard it would find it incredible.

That's what being a boss is all about. When you don't have enough strength, even your subordinates will fool you.

Don’t lie, where will the people come from to help you do the work?

After all, this operation will directly determine the outcome of the competition between Twitter and Facebook, and he must give it a try.

Once playing, whether it is the number of registered users or the number of active users, Twitter will catch up, and it is very likely that it will surpass Facebook in one fell swoop.

Therefore, this financing is particularly critical, which directly determines whether his cool operation can be used in the future.

Whether to change fate for Twitter, it all depends on this.

(End of this chapter)