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Microblogging and social networking service
- 1001+ employees
- Social Media
- Community
- SoMa, San Francisco, CA
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Company mission
Twitter's mission is to give everyone the power to create and share ideas and information instantly without barriers
Our take
Twitter is one of the world's largest social media networks, with over 300 million monthly active users. The platform allows users to share 140 or 280 character 'tweets', short messages which can contain text or media. Other users can then reply or 'retweet' to share the contents of a post.
Twitter has become a crucial communications tool for individuals, businesses, celebrities and more – with hundreds of millions of 'tweets' posted per day. The platform generates revenues through targeted advertising, which draws in excess of $2b per year. The company's new ownership plans to see this revenue increase in multiple fold by expanding its subscription service to more of its user base.
Like Facebook, Twitter's editorial and moderation policies have come under close scrutiny in recent years. In response to public pressure, Twitter has introduced 'hidden replies' and labels to content it considers 'disputed or misleading', as well as manipulated media. But in order to maintain its dominant position, the platform will need to double down its efforts to prevent the spread of misinformation and remain a trusted source of information.
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Benefits
- Work from home opportunities
- Health insurance
Company values
- Promote #health: A healthy workplace sustains a healthy platform. And a healthy platform leads to productive conversations
- Earn #trust: To invite more voices, we must earn and keep the trust of those using the service. Likewise, the more our team trusts both the company and each other, the stronger we grow
- Be #straightforward: Straightforward means two things: simple and honest. A Twitter that is both of those things is a Twitter that will endure. We seek straightforwardness in our product and in our culture
- Unite profit and #purpose: A sense of purpose motivates us. Profit is how we expand and improve. Twitter is not a business—it’s a service with a business that keeps it going
- Be #fast, #free, and #fun: Our service is successful when it’s fast, free, and fun to use. Our work culture is a success when we can move fast, feel the freedom to work how we want, and have fun building something meaningful
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Aug 2011
$400m
SERIES G
Dec 2010
$200m
SERIES F
Total funding: $760.2m
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Leadership
Parag Agrawal
(CEO, not founder)Has a PhD in Computer Science from Stanford and worked in Research at Microsoft, Yahoo! and AT&T before joining twitter where he served as CTO before becoming CEO.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Twitter
- We’re on a journey to be the world’s most diverse and inclusive company – it’s key to serving the public conversation. Our path starts with having a workforce that looks like the amazing people around the world who use our service everyday. We’ve made steady progress, but our work doesn’t end #UntilWeAllBelong