The big day for Square’s IPO is here. The company priced the offering of 27,000,000 shares of its Class A common stock at a public offering price of $9.00 per share. This is significantly less than previously announced plans to…
If This Works For Twitter, Businesses Stand To Benefit
It looks like Twitter is betting big on its recently launched Moments feature to help it grow its user base, which continues to grow at the rate of a snail’s pace. Whether or not marketers are able to benefit directly…
Twitter’s User Growth Is Absolutely Anemic
Once again, Twitter’s earnings have beat expectations. And once again, Twitter is reporting absolutely anemic user growth. In July, Twitter’s then-temporary CEO Jack Dorsey reported 304 million monthly active users (excluding SMS Fast Followers). “We are not satisfied with our…
Jack Dorsey Is Giving a Third of His Stock Away … to Twitter Employees
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey isn’t wasting any time making friends among his company’s workforce. Dorsey has announced that he’s giving about one-third of his Twitter stock back to his employees. That’s about $200 million. Dorsey has around 22 million shares.…
Jack Dorsey Officially Twitter’s CEO
Last week, we learned that Twitter was about to name co-founder and interim CEO Jack Dorsey permanent CEO. On Monday, they made it official. Most would agree that Dorsey is probably the right man for the job given his past…
Jack Dorsey Will Be Named Twitter CEO, Per Report
Jack Dorsey, Twitter co-founder and interim CEO, will likely be named permanent CEO very soon. That’s according to sources quoted by Re/code, who say that the announcement could come as soon as Thursday. This does not mean that Dorsey will…
It Looks Like Jack Dorsey Has a Big Decision to Make
Last week, Twitter announced that CEO Dick Costolo would be stepping down, surprising no one. Costolo’s last day is June 30, and on July 1 co-founder Jack Dorsey will take the reigns – on an interim basis. But is it…
Magic Johnson To Join Square’s Board of Directors
It’s been an interesting week for Square. Not long after it announced its new reader, which will feature Apple Pay, news came out that CEO Jack Dorsey is to take over the helm (on a supposedly interim basis) at Twitter,…
Reports Suggest Dorsey Likely To Remain Twitter CEO
Last week, Twitter announced that CEO Dick Costolo is stepping down on July 1. The official word is that co-founder and original CEO Jack Dorsey, who is also the CEO of Square, will return to the role in the interim…
Is Dorsey’s Role As Twitter CEO Really Just Interim?
On Thursday, Twitter announced that CEO Disk Costolo is stepping down on July 1, and that co-founder Jack Dorsey will step in as interim CEO as the board of directors conducts a search for a permanent replacement. The way in…