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Recently, the United States has been going through a tough economic situation. Although our nation is still struggling to stabilize its economic state, jobs and business via social networking has helped boost our economy into stability. Facebook and Myspace have been used for businesses to plan meetings, find potential customers, and have allowed others to do become more successful. Everyone uses Ebay, to buy certain items; Expedia, to plan your next vacation; or Ticketmaster to purchase tickets for concerts. Twitter, a social networking website, has been used to share and discover anything that is happening in the world. People, like Roy Choi, have taken advantage of Twitter’s functions to succeed in their businesses. Roy Choi, the founder or Kogi BBQ, was a college dropout from law school, later on he attended a culinary school in New York to work as a Chef; he’s had several jobs, but his career really started after selling Korean BBQ tacos called Kogi tacos. By using Twitter, Choi was able to inform the whereabouts of his Kogi truck to his customers. This new and innovative 4 wheeled Korean fusion restaurant has been a success ever since it has opened. When his customers are aware that his Kogi truck is in the area via Twitter text messages, hordes of people line up to buy his products.