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Elon Musk reportedly told investors he will clean house at Twitter, then go on hiring spree, quintuple revenue, and launch a mystery product named 'X'
The Blaze ^ | May 07, 2022 | PAUL SACCA

Posted on 05/07/2022 5:22:23 PM PDT by conservative98

During a presentation to woo investors, Elon Musk laid out his plans for what actions he intends on implementing when he takes over Twitter. Musk reportedly told investors that he would clean house at Twitter, but then go on a hiring spree. The Tesla CEO also assured investors that he would quintuple revenue on the social media platform within a few years and launch a new mystery product named "X," according to a new report.

Musk reportedly told financial backers that he would quintuple Twitter’s annual revenue from $5 billion in 2021 to a whopping $26.4billion by 2028.

The New York Times reported, "Twitter would bring in $15 million from a payments business in 2023, according to the document, which would grow to about $1.3 billion by 2028."

Musk allegedly wants to rely on advertising far less – dropping from roughly 90% of total revenue in 2020 to about 45% of total revenue derived from advertising. Instead, the SpaceX founder expects to take in nearly $10 billion from subscriptions to the social media platform.

Don't miss out on content from Dave Rubin free of big tech censorship. Listen to The Rubin Report now. Musk also plans to release a new product that is mysteriously named "X." The enigmatic product X would launch in 2023, and Musk estimates the service will have 104 million users in 2028. The Times hypothesizes that the mystery product could be an "ad-free experience on Twitter."

The South African billionaire told investors that he plans to grow Twitter from 217 million users in 2021 to 931 million in 2028. He believes that by 2025, Twitter Blue – the platform's $3 monthly subscription that provides additional features – will grow nicely to 69 million users.

Musk is planning to fire 1,000 Twitter employees after he takes control

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KEYWORDS: elonmusk; elonmusktwitter; twitter
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1 posted on 05/07/2022 5:22:23 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98

However, the New York Times report claims that Musk will go on a hiring spree and have more than 11,000 employees by 2025 – a dramatic increase from the approximately 7,500 workers that Twitter currently has.


2 posted on 05/07/2022 5:22:40 PM PDT by conservative98
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“Musk is planning to fire 1,000 Twitter employees after he takes control”

I’m going to love seeing that.


3 posted on 05/07/2022 5:25:40 PM PDT by jimwatx
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To: conservative98

“Musk is planning to fire 1,000 Twitter employees after he takes control”

He knows who they are. Start with the fat twitter exec who ran away from James O Keefe in the video..


4 posted on 05/07/2022 5:26:48 PM PDT by max americana (fired leftards on cue after every election since 1992, and enjoyed seeing these bastards cry)
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To: conservative98

“The Times hypothesizes that the mystery product could be an “ad-free experience on Twitter”

For small fee
As a member you’ll be unrestricted in what you post
...if...IF you have his nifty digital ID?
Members will naturally have blue check marks

My guess


5 posted on 05/07/2022 5:30:39 PM PDT by SheepWhisperer (My enemy saw me on my knees, head bowed and thought they had won until I rose up and said Amen!)
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To: conservative98

Imagine Twitter Servers located in Space using Star Link to off site server free speech.


6 posted on 05/07/2022 5:35:55 PM PDT by Bayard
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To: Bayard
Starlink is comms only (a mesh network). Such low latency networks are ideal for traders who need market info instantly. Twitter already plays a big role in AI which could operate in real time at low latency. You and I might not want to day trade but there are a lot of kids who want to, not in stocks but in digital assets.
7 posted on 05/07/2022 5:44:09 PM PDT by palmer (Democracy Dies Six Ways from Sunday)
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To: conservative98

I can hardly wait for all the sob stories of fired libtards. I’m sure the MSM will give them all the airtime they wish.


8 posted on 05/07/2022 5:46:44 PM PDT by simpson96
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To: conservative98

In theory, increasing Twitter revenue by 5X times (to $26.4 billion) is not financially impossible.

Facebook had $120 billion of revenue in the most recent 12 month period.

However, Musk may have misjudged two important factors...

(1) Online advertising is a finite number - to grow Twitter, Musk must take substantial ad revenue away from highly skilled and highly successful companies like Amazon, Google, and Facebook.

(2) The current USA political environment - if the Political Left decides to shun the new Twitter, as customers or as employees, the new Twitter will be worth much less money than Musk paid for it.


9 posted on 05/07/2022 5:49:55 PM PDT by zeestephen
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To: conservative98

X.COM was the original name for PayPal, where Musk built a lot of his wealth.


10 posted on 05/07/2022 5:58:50 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (“...we would live very well without Facebook."-B.LeMaire)
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To: conservative98

It is already ad-free if your browser has an ad blocker, as it should.

An ad blocker and profanity filter are must-haves, in my opinion.


11 posted on 05/07/2022 6:36:44 PM PDT by UnwashedPeasant (The pandemic we suffer from is not COVID. It is Marxist Democrat Leftism.)
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To: conservative98

Elon needs to move Twitter headquarters away from Silicon Valley.

Nebraska, Oklahoma, Wyoming or Kansas would be good, potential locations.


12 posted on 05/07/2022 6:41:55 PM PDT by BrexitBen
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To: conservative98
There have been reports that current Twitter employees are "angry" and "going through five stages of grief" at the prospect of Musk buying the popular microblogging site.

Hahaha... This gets better and better. I hope he's figured out how to increase that to 100 stages of grief for those little commie 'rats.

13 posted on 05/07/2022 6:48:41 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: zeestephen
Online advertising is a finite number - to grow Twitter, Musk must take substantial ad revenue away from highly skilled and highly successful companies like Amazon, Google, and Facebook.

It's not as difficult as you think.
Zuckerberg vs Musk? I'd back Musk every time.

(2) The current USA political environment - if the Political Left decides to shun the new Twitter, as customers or as employees, the new Twitter will be worth much less money than Musk paid for it.

Actually the number of programers looking to work for Twitter has skyrocketed since Musk took over.
And conservative users have seen their followers shoot up after Musk took over as well even as liberal users lost followers .
Plus Musk is looking to grow Twitter user base
outside America to close to a billion users

14 posted on 05/07/2022 6:49:46 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: conservative98

Good riddance to woke employees


15 posted on 05/07/2022 7:06:51 PM PDT by tennmountainman ( Less Lindell CONS, More AZ Style Audits)
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To: conservative98

“the SpaceX founder expects to take in nearly $10 billion from subscriptions to the social media platform.”

Does Twitter currently have subscription level services? If this is meaning one has to pay to use Twitter how can that be a revenue generator? People would bail out enmass.


16 posted on 05/07/2022 7:11:17 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: conservative98

Maybe x is a phone that is tied to Starlink


17 posted on 05/07/2022 7:38:41 PM PDT by Stonewall1
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To: max americana

No, first is the female Indian lawyer.


18 posted on 05/07/2022 7:51:29 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: Rebelbase
If this is meaning one has to pay to use Twitter how can that be a revenue generator? People would bail out enmass.

Right now, Musk is talking about charging a small fed to corporations and governments only.
Most normal Twitter users will be for free.

19 posted on 05/07/2022 9:43:03 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: zeestephen; V K Lee; SunkenCiv
Look at the proven capability of this man and the publicity engine he's created for himself.  He's the Donald Trump of new media AND new business frontiers.

Yes, normally there would be very long odds of succeeding.  But consider what he's done with Tesla.  A few years ago you'd have to rate his chances very low of becoming the hands-down leader in electric cars, saying:

But somehow, he's succeeded against all odds.  Paypal, Tesla, SpaceX, Twitter(?)  Lightning can indeed strike twice.  Remember: Musk can launch low earth orbit communications satellites that can drop Twitter traffic down to earth to any data center in the country.  With that, he can leapfrog any tech firm that wants to block him.

Musk is a genius in several spheres.  And he's the opposite of the secretive and ruthless Jeff Bezos of Amazon who has nearly zero personality by comparison -- and who was badly beaten investing in a hyped electric car prototyping firm, Rivian, who will soon be on the dust bin of history.

20 posted on 05/08/2022 1:21:40 AM PDT by poconopundit (Hard oak fist in an Irish velvet glove: Kayleigh the Shillelagh we salute your work!)
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