Evan Williams, CEO and co-founder of Twitter
For Twitter CEO, the Facebook‘s $500 million offer – mostly in stock – last month came too soon for the two-year-old San Francisco, Calif., based startup.
“It definitely made sense but it wasn’t the right time,” said Evan “Ev” Williams in a talk last night with Portfolio magazine contributor editor, Kevin Maney, at a Churchill Club event in downtown San Francisco.
Later I asked Williams if he now has any regrets after rejecting the Facebook offer amid the bad economy and the recent acquisition of competitor Pownce by blogging tool company Six Apart. “I’m not sure why on earth that will be the case,” joked Williams.
Advertisement
Magnificent goods from you, man. I’ve understand your stuff previous to and you’re just too wonderful. I actually like what you have acquired here, really like what you’re saying and the way in which you say it. You make it entertaining and you still care for to keep it wise. I cant wait to read much more from you. This is actually a tremendous web site.