Absolutely true. Novelty of tweets and the structure of the social graph (public facing/searchable) only gives it 2 years anyway before Facebook gets it 70% right, Goog has a start but no veritable base to contend from.
I've got Twitter's most successful shot at a business model physically next to me. Unfortunately, because the realities of a team moving quickly enough, in the right steps, and with enough disruption to become viable is a near impossibility, they'll probably wither (I don't see IPO and save for MS or another hungry to innovate by acquisition, I don't see another round coming).
What we'll do is build up our bootstrapped MVP, get traction and users the old fashioned way and likely eat some scraps mistakenly left on the veritable opportunity table.
I've got Twitter's most successful shot at a business model physically next to me. Unfortunately, because the realities of a team moving quickly enough, in the right steps, and with enough disruption to become viable is a near impossibility, they'll probably wither (I don't see IPO and save for MS or another hungry to innovate by acquisition, I don't see another round coming).
What we'll do is build up our bootstrapped MVP, get traction and users the old fashioned way and likely eat some scraps mistakenly left on the veritable opportunity table.