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Twitter Gets Down to Business
WebProNews Feed —
... Hires Business Development Guru Twitter has announced that it hired Kevin Thau as Director of Mobile Business Development last month, and that even though "mobile" is part of his title, he'll be working on a variety of different fronts as Twitter's "first official business development guru." "For now, Kevin is assessing all opportunities, picking up ongoing threads, and also actively working on our mobile business strategy," writes Twitter Co-founder Biz Stone on the Twitter Blog. "If you send email to our partner address or to kevin (at) twitter.com then you will be ...
Twitter gets a business guy. Up next: business plan?
VentureBeat —
... But don’t let the “mobile” in the title fool you, Thau is Twitter’s fist “business development guru” on several fronts, writes co-founder Biz Stone on the Twitter blog today. His job for now will include “assessing all opportunities, picking up ongoing threads, and also actively working on our mobile business strategy,” according to Stone. ...
Twitter Decides To Hire Someobody Whose Job It Is to Make Money
TechCrunch —
... attests. In the blog post announcing the hire, the startup says Thau is actually becoming the Director of Mobile Business Development, but later in the post actively working on their mobile business strategy is listed as an ‘also’, next to “assessing all opportunities” and “picking up ongoing threads” from the “crushing amount of partnership opportunities” Twitter receives on a daily basis. ...
Twitter Hires Business Guy Who Actually Knows Twitter
Silicon Alley Insider —
... Messaging/microblogging service Twitter has hired its first biz dev employee: The company announced today that Kevin Thau joined last month as Director of Mobile Business Development. Don't let the title mislead you: Kevin will be working on all types of business development, including mobile. ...
Twitter hires its first biz-dev guru
The Social —
... , and now it looks like the microblogging site has found one--the first of several, it appears. Twitter has hired Kevin Thau, a veteran of tech companies Buzzwire and Openwave, as its director of mobile ... ...
Twitter hires its first biz-dev guru
Webware.com —
... , and now it looks like the microblogging site has found one--the first of several, it appears. Twitter has hired Kevin Thau, a veteran of tech companies Buzzwire and Openwave, as its director of mobile business development. ...
Does a Service Need a Business Model to Have You as a Customer?
louisgray.com —
... , and much of the conversation in the echo chamber today was around the company's hiring of a new business development manager, seen as the first step toward getting revenue, I don't really care all that much what these companies' business models are - so long as my data isn't being sold or manipulated, or ads don't obscure the product itself. But that's my less conservative side showing - and maybe my position is wrong. ...
Linkpost | 1.13.2009
TechBlog —
... - There are devices certified to handle top-secret, classified data. • It's Business Time! - Twitter hires someone who just might be able to give the company a business plan. • ...
Linkpost | 1.14.2009
TechBlog —
... - There are devices certified to handle top-secret, classified data. • It's Business Time! - Twitter hires someone who just might be able to give the company a business plan. • ...
FIrst Bytes: Yahoo, Search, Privacy, Twitter
Tech Observer —
... Twitter is conceding a need for revenue and named former Buzzwire executive Kevin Thau as its head of business development. [Twitter Blog] ...
Negocios Móviles para Twitter
Celularis —
... Twitter recibe una aplastante cantidad de oportunidades de negocios diariamente y hasta ahora no sabían de que forma obtener réditos de ninguno de ellos, por lo que Thau llega en un buen momento y tendrá todo para lucirse. ...
Industry Moves: Twitter Finally Hires A Business Development Executive
paidContent —
... Twitter has been ripped for not having more of a plan in place to make money. So how bad has the site neglected that side of the operation? Well, here's one indication: Until now, the microsite has had no one on staff to sift through requests for partnerships. The company is now changing that. Yesterday, it announced in its blog that it had hired Kevin Thau to the newly created position of Director of Mobile Business Development—despite the title, Thau will be in charge of all business development for the site. ...
Twitter: Possibly Valued at $250 Million
ReadWriteWeb —
... and while they may not be able to implement them in the time Williams anticipates, a plan may just be enough to entice the VCs into giving them some breathing space.
While many other startups are experiencing financial difficulties; the recent cut backs at Digg, the shutting down of Pownce, remarkably Twitter has stood out from the rest by getting on with the job, investing in Summize, working on scalability, rejecting Facebook's offer, hiring new staff, and generally focusing on the product.
Twitter has so far raised over ...
