Episode 674 | SparkToro Pays Back Investors, When to Raise Funding, and X.com (Hot Take Tuesday)
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In episode 674, ​​join Rob Walling, Einar Vollset, and Tracy Osborn for Hot Take Tuesday, where they analyze and discuss some of the latest news. They talk about Elon rebranding Twitter to X and the emergence of Instagram's Threads. They also cover the pros and cons of taking VC and SparkToro's unique funding model and paying back investors.

**Topics we cover: **

• 2:49 – Twitter is now X

• 5:53 – Does the rebranding make sense?

• 12:15 – Instagram launches Threads

• 19:18 – SparkToro pays back investors

• 26:04 – Planning ahead for the payback

• 28:53 – “Don’t take VC funding”

• 35:11 – “We Raised a Bunch of Money”

Links from the Show: 

• Tracy Osborn (@tracymakes) | Twitter)

• Einar Vollset (@einarvollset) | Twitter)

• The SaaS Playbook)

• TinySeed)

• Twitter is being rebranded as X)

• Introducing Threads: A New Way to Share with Text)

• Rand Fishkin (@randfish ) |Twitter)

• Casey Henry (@caseyhen) |Twitter)

• SparkToro)

• Postpone)

• SparkToro Year 3 Retrospective: Investor Payback, Systemic Challenges, and V2 on the Way)

• Lost and Founder) by Rand Fishkin

• Fly.io)

• We Raised A Bunch Of Money)

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