Friday, May 20, 2011

There Is No Switch

Twitter, whose business plan, such that it is, has always been something along the lines of “Get big and popular, then just flip the switch and start making money when we feel like it.” There is no switch.

6 comments:

Stagflationary Mark said...

This business model was predicted by South Park on December 16, 1998.

Gnomes (South Park)

The Underpants Gnomes are businessmen of sorts, and they claim to know a lot about corporations, so the boys eagerly ply them for answers.

The Gnomes explain that their three phase business plan is as follows:

1. Collect Underpants
2. ?
3. Profit


You think that's funny? It gets better.

This episode marks the first appearance of Tweek and his parents.

Tweek!!! Hahaha!

CP said...

1. Grow to a billion registered users
2. ?
3. Profit

CP said...

Good point! They were so ahead of their time!

Stagflationary Mark said...

Gold: The "Ultimate Bubble" v.3

1. Collect gold and silver
2. ?
3. Profit

CP said...

1. Charge less than cost.
2. Make it up on volume.
3. Profit!

Stagflationary Mark said...

1. Lay off every employee through the miracle of technology and outsourcing
2. ?
3. Profit