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Reported by Huffington post , Tuesday, November 12, 2013 , it was revealed in the book Hatching Twitter , Twitter Hatching books : A True Story of Money , Power , Friendship , and Betrayal by Nick Bilton , who dissected a brief history of Twitter .
“Twitter was a mess, as if they were driving a clown car into a gold mine and then fell into it, “said Zuckerberg told his close friend, as contained in the book. According to Bilton, comment Zuckerberg was ejected after feeling disappointed because Twitter is not so purchased Facebook.
In his book, which was reported by Techcrunch, Bilton reveals Zuckerberg actually had several acquisition bargain Twitter through the site's founder, Jack Dorsey. It happened in October 2008. Although already held several special meetings between the two, it turns out Twitter canceled sold to Facebook.
In its official statement, that time Twitter has a reason why the company retains handing over to Facebook. And then the valuation of Twitter estimated U.S. $ 500 million.
Twitter at the time said that the actual value of the company billions of dollars and even more. Twitter is also assumed that the sale offers a threat from competitors and owners remained steady Twitter when it will develop the site.
Suddenly alone comment it invites the attention of venture capitalist Paul Kedrosky last week. Value of Twitter is lagging Facebook. Twitter recently joined the exchange floor the New York Stock Exchange, with starting with an initial public offering.
When the floor, Twitter’s share price opened at U.S. $ 26 per share. Facebook currently hold an initial public offering in July last year, its stock price reached U.S. $ 38.
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