Twitter Turnaround: Dorsey's Play for User Growth

The transcript discusses the company's leadership and history, changes in user metrics, financial performance, and R&D spending. It highlights challenges in user growth and revenue, future outlook, and risks. The potential of Periscope amidst competition from larger players like Facebook is also explored.

What was a positive sign for Twitter despite the decline in users last quarter?

• Decrease in monthly active users

• Decline in revenue per user

• Redefinition of user metrics

• Increase in R&D spending

What is one reason for the decline in brand advertisers' spending on Twitter?

• Increase in user growth

• Lack of new features

• Shift from promoted tweets to video content

• Reduction in R&D spending

What potential events could benefit Twitter's revenue in the back half of 2016?

• New product launches

• Olympics and NFL

• User growth in Europe

• Increased R&D spending

How might the political campaign between Trump and Clinton affect Twitter's advertising model?

• Increase in traditional advertising spending

• Decrease in spending on the Republican side

• More spending on promoted tweets

• Less competition from other platforms

What challenge does Periscope face despite its initial success?

• Competition from Facebook Live and Snapchat

• Lack of user interest

• High operational costs

• Limited integration with Twitter