Facebook is considering an IPO (initial public offering), Groupon wants an IPO and so does Zynga. LinkedIn already has one. Does Twitter need one? Nope! It already has a shiny new value of $7 billion dollars thanks to some private financing. Back in December of 2010, Twitter was valued at 3.7 billion after is raised $200 million in a financial deal by Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield and Byers (a venture-capital company). 

Twitter is now earning lots of advertising dollars thanks to its new  “Promoted” tweets which it began selling back in 2010. It’s estimated that Twitter will earn $150 million this year from this new revenue stream. These new Promoted tweets will also be incorporated into user’s accounts in some way in the future. Things are looking good for Twitter and the possibilities are endless.
 
I think if Twitter were to go after an IPO today it might bring in numbers close to that of Facebook’s IPO predictions ($70-$100B).
 
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