Elon Musk's Purchase of Twitter - Full Discussion
May 16, 2022•45 min
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Episode description
- Elon Musk Twitter purchase
- Monthly active users as a valuation method for social media companies
- Advantages/disadvantages of going public as an internet company
- Public companies need bots to maintain monthly active user metrics
- People have been focusing on culture war issues but why Twitter is a great business buy for Musk - Twitter job cuts, Twitter financials
- Why Twitter is a better purchase financially versus other billionaire media purchases (WaPo, Time, etc)
- Bot removal improves product and can improve advertising rates
- Elon musk is a businessman that had to have a clear business plan and profitability trajectory to obtain financing
- Why the Twitter board had to approve the Musk deal - board fiduciary duties and liability
- Founder stock structures to maintain control when public
- Advantages of taking public tech companies private
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