Wind Rises 2005

Chapter 451 Super Strong

Evan Williams was as irritated as he had been when he introduced Dick Costolo earlier.

Old friends for many years can't resist the temptation of a little profit.

But when he thought about it, Ivan Williams had to admit that if he had changed places, he might have done more than Dick Costoro.

Who let the benefits of this be too great!
At this moment, if you lower the valuation casually, it may turn out to be a return of tens of millions of dollars in return. Few people can hold back their enthusiasm.

Evan Williams completely stopped, and he didn’t know what to talk about next.

Jack Dorsey and Bizstone were not much better, and they also stood there in a daze.

Soon the Big Three of Twitter all turned their attention to Ma Liang and Jennifer, because all this was caused by their two investors.

Funding in advance and raising the valuation, if they hadn't been so eager to let Twitter develop for a while, the A round of financing would not be so passive at all.

Ma Liang didn't respond directly, but gave Jenny a look.

He was afraid that he would offend people if he spoke too forcefully, so it's better to let Jennifer, a hot beauty, calm down first.

Jennifer now had a tacit understanding and immediately understood what he meant, and immediately said: "Gentlemen, did you make a mistake?"

As soon as she said this, she immediately attracted the attention of the entire conference room.

"Oh? What's the point of our 'Million Girl'?" Gene Sabet, a partner of Spark Capital, joked after hearing this.

In the face of beautiful women, the investors present are still willing to show a gentleman's demeanor.

Jennifer smiled and replied calmly: "Twitter is not an ordinary entrepreneurial project, it is currently one of the sexiest technology companies in the United States and even in the world.

And in the social field, it is the only one that can compete with Facebook.

With the help of capital, it is not impossible for Twitter to replace Facebook.

If investors can generously contribute, maybe we can see the day when Twitter acquires Facebook soon.

If it can really be realized, do you still need to worry about these little things in front of you? "

Financing is so unfair. Different projects are treated very differently. The bargaining power of leading projects is much stronger than that of those who follow suit.

Sometimes developing early is also a great advantage.

Just like Facebook, which was only founded a few years before Twitter, it is completely different in terms of financing.

Who will accumulate more user data, this is the biggest advantage at present.

If we really want to measure advertising revenue, Facebook is not doing very well now, and has been suffering huge losses over the years.

So everyone is equally divided, and the only advantage is that Facebook has more users and a stronger data growth trend.

The reason for all this comes down to the fact that they have stronger capital and have money to burn.

If Facebook has completely established a victory, then Ma Liang will not bother at all and let Twitter continue along the development trajectory of his previous life.

But now that there is still a possibility of fighting, he will not give up easily.

Let Jennifer come out to hint at this point, but also hope that the investors present can place a bet with him.

As expected, Jennifer's words quickly got all the investors into thinking.

"Mr. Marlon, Jennifer, are you taking the situation too optimistically?

Acquisition of Facebook, really dare to brag!
As far as I know, Facebook just raised 2.4 million US dollars from Microsoft. Even if Twitter successfully got 3000 million US dollars in this round of financing, it is still a fraction of that.

In my opinion, Facebook and Twitter have different products and different user needs.

There's no need to find them to fight head-to-head. Wouldn't it be better for everyone not to disturb each other and keep each other safe?
As long as Twitter develops at a steady pace, it may be acquired by Facebook at a high price in two years.

In this way, it will be much safer for all of us, why fight with life and death! "Mark Andreessen, the co-founder of Netscape, was the first to stand up and question it.

Jennifer was stunned by him for a moment, because what she said made sense after all.

Twitter doesn’t raise enough money, so its strength is naturally not as good as Facebook’s.Now, shouting that he wants to acquire others, it sounds like a compliment.

Speechless for a moment, she could only turn her head and look at her boss for help.

Ma Liang put the coffee cup on the table, sat up straight and glanced around the entire conference room, knowing that it was time to take action on his own.

He smiled slightly, and asked Mark Anderson, the doubter, directly: "Mr. Mark, I would like to ask you a question.

When Netscape failed in the "browser war" with Microsoft, was it because Netscape Navigator was no match for Internet Explorer? "

"Of course not. That's because Microsoft abused its monopoly power with its capital advantage, which led to Netscape's defeat." Mark Anderson argued anxiously.

Ma Liang nodded, and asked again: "After the failure of Netscape Navigator, did Microsoft pay a high price to buy Netscape?"

"How is that possible? They have the IE browser themselves, so why did they acquire Netscape?" Marc Andreessen responded with disdain.

With such a rudimentary question, he couldn't figure out what else was worth asking.

Ma Liang didn't care, and asked another question: "In this case, Mr. Mark, investors, can you be sure that Facebook will pay a high price to acquire Twitter in the future?
How can everyone guarantee that Facebook will not launch a website similar to Twitter? "

As soon as these words came out, the investors were dumbfounded.

Although the venture capital circle here in the United States is a little more particular about things, the possibility Ma Liang mentioned has not never happened.

"Mr. Marlon, according to what you say, the risk of investing in Twitter is even greater.

And there may be countless Twitter-like websites that will be established in the future. Facebook can take advantage of capital and traffic advantages to acquire a cheaper competitor and support it to compete with Twitter. "

Ron Conway, a well-known angel investor in Silicon Valley, finally couldn't sit still, and followed Ma Liang's train of thought to diverge, thinking about it made him even more afraid.

When he said this, several investors present even retreated in their hearts.

Ma Liang shook his head, with a contemptuous smile on the corner of his mouth: "Hehe, it seems that 'the older you are, the less courageous you are'.

You are all seniors in the investment community, but today’s performance is indeed a bit disappointing! "

"Where did this start?

Isn't investment all about controlling risks and avoiding potential losses? Another angel investor, Nawal Ravikant, immediately became unhappy after hearing his words.

Ma Liang suddenly stood up, and while slowly looking at the investors in turn, he directly used the provocation method in an extremely tough tone.

"No, no, Monsieur Navarre, what you say is only applicable in general cases.

Twitter is different. It is a super unicorn project. Its future valuation will start at least tens of billions of dollars, and it may even reach a scale of hundreds of billions or trillions.

With the unlimited potential of the social track in the future, it is enough to support a giant company no less than Google, Apple and Microsoft.

The victory or defeat between Twitter and Facebook will directly determine who will become the next most eye-catching technology company in the United States.

This is both a capital feast and a high-roller gambling game.

Folks, what is before you is not an ordinary entrepreneurial project, but an emerging technology giant with a future market value of hundreds of billions, or even over trillions of dollars.

The battle on the social track has already begun, and Twitter will only fight forward, fighting for the last ammunition in order to win this victory.

We don't have time to wait for anyone's hesitation, whether to step on this chariot together is up to you! "

At this moment, Ma Liang fired all his firepower, and brought out all the eloquence he had debated in court in his previous life.

Every sentence is super strong, and the investors here are not given any chance to get entangled.

It doesn't matter whether they vote for Ma Liang or not, the worst is to go back to the country to move reinforcements.

If it weren't for the fact that Twitter wanted to surpass Facebook and needed to win over more allies in the United States, he wouldn't have believed that going back to Xu Xin and the others wouldn't be able to raise a mere US$3000 million in financing.

(End of this chapter)