Walling: Twitter will be acquired at a deep discount in 2024
Rob Walling · Episode 712 | Revisiting Burnout + Updates on My Progress in 2024... · May 7, 2024 · at 5:29
Rob Walling, investor at TinySeed and host of Startups for the Rest of Us, evaluates his earlier 2024 technology predictions.
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“The second prediction I want to touch on is I predicted that Twitter changes hands in twenty-twenty-four, question mark? And I don't know about you, but does it feel like the writing's on the wall? That Twitter is gonna be snapped up by someone at a deep discount? Obviously there's rumors about this happening. There's no updated news, but as the months go on, I'm more and more convinced, especially with, what, recent Tesla decline? You know, they just did a big round of layoffs. I can imagine that the lack of focus, Elon trying to run all these efforts could lead either him to sell it or someone to swoop in and want to acquire it. So, I mean, there's like ridiculous, you know, rumors or even just people speculating on Twitter about Yahoo buying them or Microsoft, or you know, it could be any one of a number of players, but I still think this is totally going to happen.”
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