via Tech Crunch and Semil Shah
It’s a bit early, but Twitter has the makings for the next “family.” At the moment, Facebook is in a significantly stronger financial position and set to go public this year. Twitter’s future is less certain, but as a loyal and heavy user for three years, I am extremely bullish on Twitter and believe it’s currently undervalued economically today despite the kinks it needs to iron out. That’s an argument for another post, but for now, I believe Twitter alumni have a terrific chance to form the next Valley mafia. We are at the early stages of this, but as the first few flocks of early employees and the founders start to move on, they are already spreading their post-Twitter wings and are in a position to exert a good deal of influence, both financially as well as in the formation of new businesses.