First of all there a billion 2.0 apps on the planet that have no biz model and they get plenty of funding. Sure its sad, but don't be mad! Second Stocktwits is built on twitter, and thats good and bad, good that its harvesting real time stock chatter that is wickedly addictive if your trading and you wanna know why a stock is blowin up or tanking. Get a few good ones to follow and you'll be on the cusp of a trend like the pros. The bad is mostly for stocktwits not so much you, they are built on twitter so they are at the mercy of it- meaning someone could hijack content pretty easily. BUT thats why they are going after bigger stuff which is to get behind a few champion traders and go subscription service for extended goodness. Ask anyone who pays for a stock info service, tips, super screeners or whatever, they pay thru the nose in general, and some swear by it. Once you get to know a few of the better traders on Stocktwits you'd pay as well. In all its not a bad product and someone in Wallstreet will gladly acquire it once it gets a bit more refined.