Ben Hatten
I'm in charge of the school network for EverFi and a die hard Notre Dame fan.
Building a platform for developers is much like running a casino. Some people may make money along the way, through luck or by accident. But the house always wins
Venture Beat had a great article today about Twitter - and the recent noise they’ve made in a couple of their acquisitions. Any developers who were surprised by the move had to be a little naive in my opinion. Twitter raised a massive round, including from the likes of T.Rowe and they didn’t raise that round just to sit around. Twitter is going to find a way to monetize on their amazing traffic, or they are going to go down trying. They are perfectly positioned to continue to cherry pick the best start ups who leverage their API. Its an amazing opportunity for developers as well - create something cool and you have a very good chance of being tapped on the shoulder a la tweetie.
