By the time my loyal RSS readers will see this, I'll be on my way to meeting
Biz Stone, co-founder of
Twitter, visiting Israel for a quick 24 hours, keynoting
The NETWorking event, the Alumni event of
The College of Management (where I did
my BA). Although Israel is
A Start-Up Nation, it's not often we get the chance to meet in person (along with 1,200 people) a founder of a service that
changed the way we communicate with each other.
Since its creation in 2006, twitter has become a force in the digital world, influencing every industry - from IT, to entertainment and film, sports and news. With
Oprah,
Ashton and CNN twitter hit mainstream pretty fast, growing at
an astonishing rate of 1,400% a year (!). However, 2010 will be a pivotal year in twitter's life, as the micro-blogging service is
trying to monetize on the vast amounts of
data it holds, trying to prove that unlike facebook or YouTube - twitter can make money (and much more
than $4m).
Biz is holding a closed breakfast for CEOs, graduates of The College of management, followed by
a press conference, that should start at 10:45am IST (Israel, GMT+2). The main event will be at the evening, at
Hangar 11 in Tel Aviv Harbor, as Biz will be the keynote speaker at the
NETWorking event.
TheMarker Editor-in-Chief will do a one-on-one interview with Biz afterwards, and
a stand-up show with
Adir Miller will wrap-up Biz's 24 hours in Israel.
#bizil is the hashtag for keeping track of Biz's day in Israel.