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Assertion Partly supported
Uber grew to account for a quarter of Twilio's total revenue
“So they were growing to be like a quarter of our revenue. I'm like, that's actually a problem. That's not something to celebrate. That's actually something to worry about.”
Jeff Lawson Apr 3, 2023 ▶ 59:19 Twilio: Jeff Lawson
Assertion Supported
Twilio failed to raise any venture capital in summer 2008
“And so we spent that whole summer and did not have a dollar to show for it from investors. We raised no money.”
Jeff Lawson Apr 3, 2023 ▶ 45:47 Twilio: Jeff Lawson
Assertion Supported
Lawson: Uber was an early Twilio customer for ride arrival texts
“You know, like one of our early customers was Uber, and they came to us and said, well, actually, we want to let you know when your ride's arriving. Can we do that with Twilio? We said, of course you could. And they, like a day later, rolled out the first vers…”
Jeff Lawson Apr 3, 2023 ▶ 40:37 Twilio: Jeff Lawson
Assertion Partly supported
Uber had roughly five employees when Twilio won their business
“Uber, when we won them as a customer, I think the whole company was about five people.”
Jeff Lawson Apr 3, 2023 ▶ 52:26 Twilio: Jeff Lawson
Assertion Partly supported
Guy Raz: Twilio bought its domain name for seven dollars in 2008
“And in 2008, they got a really great deal on the domain Twilio.com. It only cost them seven bucks.”
Guy Raz Apr 3, 2023 ▶ 1:13:45 Twilio: Jeff Lawson
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