{"id":606,"date":"2016-10-05T19:40:58","date_gmt":"2016-10-05T19:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rsoftsolution.com\/blog\/a-few-charts-that-sum-up-jack-dorseys-first-year-as-twitter-ceo.html"},"modified":"2016-10-05T19:40:58","modified_gmt":"2016-10-05T19:40:58","slug":"a-few-charts-that-sum-up-jack-dorseys-first-year-as-twitter-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbsitsoftwaresolution.in\/blog\/a-few-charts-that-sum-up-jack-dorseys-first-year-as-twitter-ceo.html","title":{"rendered":"A few charts that sum up Jack Dorsey\u2019s first year as Twitter CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Happy Twitter-versary (for the nth time around this time), Jack Dorsey. Things haven\u2019t been going well, it seems, but there\u2019s a light at the end of the tunnel \u2014 Twitter may be acquired by someone somewhere in the tech<\/a> (or entertainment<\/a>) industry, perhaps.<\/p>\n

To be perfectly fair, the company Dorsey inherited from his predecessor(s), including an array of former product leads as well as CEO Dick Costolo, wasn\u2019t in that great of shape to begin. But Dorsey\u2019s return was heralded as a return to form for Twitter, in the hope that he might come in and shake things up to the point that the company would finally turn around and make Wall Street Happy.<\/p>\n

So in the last month or so, a lot has been made as to whether the company should remain independent or whether it makes sense as part of a larger empire that can devote more resources into growing it. There are natural arguments for each \u2014 Twitter is one of the go-to sources for news (and also sports!), but a company like Salesforce could pump additional life into it to get that user base growing more broadly. And perhaps the company once again needs new fresh blood.<\/p>\n

Dorsey\u2019s tried to make the service less confusing during his tenure, such as shifting around the way tweets are presented<\/a> and removing some contributions toward the character limit for types of media<\/a>. But the company still suffers from being confusing, being difficult to get on-boarded, and of course harassment.<\/p>\n

So, the turnaround still\u00a0didn\u2019t really happen.\u00a0Let\u2019s take a quick look at a few charts of what\u2019s happened at Twitter under Dorsey.<\/p>\n

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For some reference, here\u2019s a one-year chart of the SP 500:<\/p>\n

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And let\u2019s look at the user base the company reported last quarter, which has been the main sticking point for Wall Street and Twitter:<\/p>\n

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So, barely any growth whatsoever (and even a small drop-off at one point). Hmm. What about revenue growth? Under the leadership of Adam Bain this wasn\u2019t a huge problem for a while, though everything still stems back to user growth.<\/p>\n

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And Twitter\u2019s still losing money:<\/p>\n

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One last quick one, which isn\u2019t\u00a0exactly<\/em> a chart \u2014 how much it\u2019s paying for stock-based compensation:<\/p>\n

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Let\u2019s cap this whole thing off with a some\u00a0recent headlines:<\/p>\n