First I placed a call to my personal banker to release the funds to Bentley Manhattan for my new ride, then I called my investment banker to tell the VC scrutinizing LICtalk’s books that I want a valuation north of $50 million or it’s no deal. Why? Because LICtalk just reached a new milestone: 200 Twitter followers! Oh, I know that is not that many, but in 2014 it’s the quality of readers that matter, not the quantity, and I’ve assured my prospective suitors that everyone reading this site is the equivalent of a 4.0 at Har-ford. “Yes, Mr. Andreesen and Mr. Kleiner-Perkins, that’s 200 potential tycoons, world leaders, and/or supermodels hanging on my every word.”
Hey wait a minute, are you telling me that you have not signed up for LICtalk on twitter? Well that is going to be a big problem for you going forward as you have greatly minimized your likely chances of being in one of the aforementioned three top categories for human beings. How do you expect to be on a level playing field in life if you are not up-to-the-milli-second au courant on what is happening in LIC? When there’s a flash 2 for 1 happy hour at a local bar, or an immediate slot available for the NASA kindergarten-to-astronaut program, or a 3-bedroom duplex penthouse overlooking Manhattan for $175 a month in Hunters Point South, how else were you planning on finding out?
Enough said, I think you get the picture. So sign up now to follow LICtalk on Twitter, and while you are at it, tell every one of your contacts to do so too.
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