By Nathaniel Mott On December 6, 2013Prior to joining Twitter, Dick Costolo spent two years working with Susan Wojcicki at Google. During those two years, he learned a few things that he would apply to his work at Twitter first as its chief operating…
GrizzlyRock Value Partners was up 16.6% for the first quarter, compared to the S&P 500's 5.77% gain and the Russell 2000's 12.44% return. GrizzlyRock's long return was 22.3% gross, while its short return was -2.9% gross. Compared to the Russell 2000, the fund's long portfolio delivered alpha of 10.8%, while its short portfolio delivered alpha Read More
By Michael Carney On December 5, 2013In Twitter’s early days, the company was known seemingly more for its fail whale than it was for offering any clear value as a consumer Web product. During tonight’s PandoMontly fireside chat with CEO Dick Costolo…
By Erin Griffith On December 5, 2013Twitter’s IPO was in many ways defined by what Facebook’s IPO was not. The company’s pre-IPO acquisition was a nuts-and-bolts adtech company like Mopub, not a shocking $1 billion play for a hot zero revenue…
By Carmel DeAmicis On December 5, 2013Dick Costolo launched his first companies in Chicago, where just like every new founder he had to do the long hard slog of raising money. Almost two decades later came the roadshow to take Twitter public. Speaking…