Wind Rises 2005

Chapter 390 Gou live

At this moment, all the pressure was thrown on the three founders of Twitter.

Jennifer's analysis has to be said to fully reflect the professionalism she has accumulated over the years of working on Wall Street.

If Ma Liang heard from the side, he would have to applaud her.

Because everything she said had been fulfilled in her previous life.

Twitter lost in the competition with Facebook because of the founder's internal fighting and the corporate culture was too loose, and was abandoned by capital.

At the most difficult time, Twitter even defaulted on the rent of many branch offices, which shows how bad the financial situation is.

If it weren't for the acquisition by Longma, it might be declared bankrupt one day.

If you lose one step, you lose step by step.

Capital likes chasing up the most, no matter how expensive it is.And the loser deserves to beg for mercy like a pug, no one will vote even if it is cheap.

In Ma Liang's previous life, whether it was Facebook or Twitter, the speed of development in the early days of the mobile Internet was almost the same.

Even Zuckerberg admitted in an interview that based on Twitter's early operating data, if it continues to grow for 12 or 18 months, then within a year, it will surpass Facebook in scale.

However, the Big Three of Twitter like to fight among themselves, and Jack Dorsey is too lazy and missed the opportunity for development.

Otherwise, with the help of capital, it is uncertain who is the leader in the social field.

So Jennifer's actions somehow fit Ma Liang's plan. Originally, he had thought about putting pressure on the Big Three of Twitter for a while.

It can only be said that Jennifer is not a fool in Wall Street, and her ability to assess the situation is superb.

Relying on the contradictions between the three giants of Twitter that Ma Liang hinted at, this round of financing began to play a psychological war.

After all, she is an authentic American, and she is also a super beautiful woman. She has much less worries about speaking and doing things, so as not to arouse the hostility of the Big Three on Twitter.

Taking Ivan, the founder and major shareholder, as a breakthrough point, he immediately began to force the palace.

After all, Ivan is also an investor, and he hopes that the shares he holds can have greater returns.

So he couldn't see Jack Dorsey being so lazy, and he wished that the other party would 996 every day.

Ivan Williams is a fine individual, and immediately followed Jennifer's wishes and put forward operational requirements.

The goal of carrying out the next round of financing at the end of the year was raised in person.

And Jennifer also knows how to cooperate, so she took advantage of the situation to give the nature.If you want wealth and freedom, you have to compete desperately. Money is not so easy to earn.

"Would it be too soon for the next round of financing at the end of the year?" Biz Stone, as the partner with the least shares, became a peacemaker.

Seeing this, Jennifer added some extra information on the spot: "It has been more than a year since Facebook raised $2750 million in Series B financing last year.

According to gossip, their next round of financing will be 2.5 million US dollars, and they are negotiating with Microsoft, and it has only been a few months.

Once this financing is reached, Facebook will be far ahead.

It is also a social track. After the C round of financing, only large capitals are eligible to participate, and small institutions simply cannot afford it.

If Twitter doesn't work hard, what can we use to compete with others?
With a capital of 2.5 million U.S. dollars, Facebook is qualified to recruit the best programmers and has the strength to print advertisements every day.

You can also spread money everywhere and recruit partners to develop technology together.

At that time, what is Twitter? "

Once the news was thrown out, it was like a blockbuster, which completely stunned the Big Three of Twitter.

Even Ivan Williams, a player, felt a huge pressure.

"What you said is true?" Jack Dorsey asked tremblingly, and he also had an unprecedented sense of crisis.

After all, once the financing of 2.5 million US dollars is reached, Facebook will completely change the gun.

With such a large amount of operating funds, they are no longer startups, but can be directly called small technology giants.

If that's the case, Twitter can only keep chasing Facebook's ass.

If Ma Liang was here, he would be more worried about one thing than the Big Three on Twitter, and that was the coming of the subprime mortgage crisis.

With the financing of 2.5 million US dollars, Facebook easily passed the most difficult period, completely leaving Twitter far behind.

It seems that it is only one step ahead, but in fact, victory is already doomed.

Originally, Ma Liang planned to hit the big three of Twitter after Facebook's huge financing was finalized.

Unexpectedly, Jennifer, a veteran in the industry, was more well-informed and broke the news in advance.

Jennifer looked at the other party calmly, and nodded very seriously: "It's absolutely true, the source of the news is absolutely reliable."

This is the news privately revealed by her admirer, and it will never be false.

"I accept your proposal." Under pressure, Jack Dorsey finally nodded and agreed, "But what I want to know is, how far can Marlon support us?
200 million US dollars, what if it's not enough? "

Without even thinking about it, Jennifer replied easily: "The boss has already explained that as long as the growth momentum of Twitter's data does not decline, he can sign at any time within 5000 million US dollars."

Ma Liang took out three brands for financing before, it was not a joke, [Gale Capital] is now a bit confident.

To be honest, he prepared a quota of 3000 million US dollars for the follow-up rounds of tweets.

If you can only follow up with $200 million in this round, you can directly follow up with $500 million in the next round.

And this is just the beginning, if the development is good, there may be further additions, everything depends on the situation.

It's just that Ma Liang didn't expect that Jennifer didn't play cards according to common sense at all. With her professional experience, she directly forced the palace at this moment.

"Great!" Biz Stone couldn't help but praise when he heard that.

With such a bold promise from [Gale Capital], I was immediately motivated.I can't wait to catch up with Facebook in minutes, and also finance him 2.5 million US dollars.

Jack Dorsey and Ivan Williams looked at each other, nodded again, and finally compromised.

He knew in his heart that with this nod, he would be desperate for the next six months.

Rest, fitness, and weight loss do not exist.

For some reason, the aggressive posture of the female investor in front of him aroused his competitive mentality.

He really wants to prove to the other party that Twitter is no worse than Facebook.Isn't it just a financing of 2.5 million US dollars? It won't be long before Twitter can do it.

If Ma Liang knew what Jack Dorsey was thinking, he would be overjoyed.

In the previous life, this guy was most criticized for his style of literary youth. He didn't have the life of Apple's leader Joe, but he contracted the disease of Joe's leader.

If this guy can change it, Twitter might really be able to make a comeback.

"That's the decision, let's use Mr. Marlon's 200 million US dollars to make a transition, and the next round of financing is scheduled to be completed before the end of the year.

The financing target is 2000 million US dollars. "Ivan Williams finally said.

It's just that he still has his own calculations in mind, and he is going to bargain with other investors immediately.

If someone bids high enough, it is not impossible to even cash out in advance.

The next round of financing will be carried out before the end of the year, so we can start talking now.As long as the other party has enough sincerity, I believe [Gale Capital] will definitely not stop it.

After all, the financing of 2000 million US dollars is also a long-term negotiation process. As the major shareholder of Twitter, he naturally has to plan ahead.

With the variables of this round of financing and the news of Facebook's 2.5 million US dollars, Ivan Williams felt both pressure and motivation.

After all, this at least proves that the social track has been recognized by the capital market, and he must grab greater benefits for himself.

Jennifer didn't care about the small things in the hearts of the three giants of Twitter, so she took out a stack of investment agreements from her bag and threw them in front of them.

The agreement was prepared before coming here. In case the three founders of Twitter do not accept it, she still has an alternative plan.

In the worst case, it’s better to make a small follow-up investment, anyway, it will not delay the task assigned by the boss.

After the Big Three of Twitter brought lawyers in to review the investment agreement, they happily signed their names.

Jennifer immediately promised that the $200 million will arrive within three days.

After this round of financing in Twitter, [Gale Capital] held an additional 10% of the shares.

With the addition of the original 22.22% diluted in the same proportion, the total shareholding in Twitter has reached 29.998%, which is not much different from 30%.

The goal of this trip was successfully achieved, and Jennifer was very proud.

As soon as he walked out of Twitter's office, he called Ma Liang to report the situation regardless of the time difference.

"What? I voted for a round alone? Is that okay?" Ma Liang was startled when he heard the news, and couldn't help worrying: "Jennifer, don't play offline, 200 million dollars is not enough for them."

Jennifer replied nonchalantly: "Boss, you just need to put some pressure on them, otherwise they would have had an easy time.

Not much, the office is almost more stylish than Facebook. "

Just after signing the investment agreement, she took the words to point out the big three.You haven't succeeded in starting a business yet, so you can't pursue luxury enjoyment too much.

I really want to show off, but I have to wait until after the C round of financing.

"Okay, you must pay more attention, the three founders must communicate more in private, and don't let them fight each other.

Half a year, only half a year!
When Twitter develops the APP, there is no need to panic in the future. "Ma Liang instructed again carefully.

After all, neither Facebook nor Twitter had much foresight in the previous life, and they were a bit slow in embracing the mobile Internet.

It's not their fault either. After all, Apple's smartphone, the iPhone, is still a shovel.

Smartphones really started to exert their strength after the iPhone3 came out.

But Ma Liang, as the capital side, can't control those. It doesn't matter what data performance, all he wants is to play with concepts.

So under his suggestion, Twitter already has a R&D team working on APP product development.

As long as Twitter can take the lead in embracing smartphones, embracing the mobile Internet, and launching the Twitter app on the iPhone first, it will definitely be more sought after by capital.

As long as the data growth of APP users is strong enough, it is not impossible for the C round to raise 2.5 million US dollars of financing.

So in the past six months, you must stick to it, and don't make any fools.

(End of this chapter)