The Early Bird Gets the....$1 Million

Life is soooo tweet! That's right.  If you have a Twitter account you know how busy they can be.  Constant updates, status remarks and supportive comments to/from stars, your favorite author or even musicians.  But Twitter is more than about launching news and updating your plans.  It seems it is also about making some quick cash too.  

Scott & Stacy Ferreira

But that's exactly what happened to two young entrepreneurs Scott Ferreira, 21 and Stacey Ferreira, 19.  The Ferreira's operate MySocialCloud.com which is an app that will allow for its users a safe place to keep their user names and passwords and keep an eye on their internet activity securely. 

According to reports the couple, "responded to a tweet from Richard Branson to meet the billionaire in Miami. Two months later, he became one of the company’s investors. “I was taking a break from working and I decided to check my Twitter,” says Stacey, adding that she didn’t regularly check her account. When she logged on, she saw a tweet from Virgin Group founder Richard Branson, who was offering a chance for people to fly to Miami and meet him for cocktails if they would donate $2,000 to his charity, Free the Children."

The Ferreira's did exactly that, securing a $4,000 loan from their family and two days after the tweet-invite were in Florida.  Once there they were invited to two parties where Richard Branson was present and got to pitch their app and ideas to him in person.  They did not leave empty handed but with Branson's contact information and once they were back in L.A. kept in touch.  Branson later informed the couple that he would like to invest in their company.  

Stacy Ferreira advises, "I guess the biggest thing that I would advise [fellow young entrepreneurs] is take every opportunity."  For more on this story please go to the following website:

http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/advisor/young-entrepreneurs-turn-a-tweet-from-richard-branson-into--1-million.html