With great social media power, comes great responsibility, and Kobe Bryant's ten million plus followers on Twitter certainly equal a powerful block. Bryant's own achievements as a basketball star call attention to his moves even in retirement from the sport. The world at large reacted when Bryant announced he was launching a new venture capital firm.
Announced @BryantStibel investment platform to the world today with my partner @Stibel and our team on the @NYSE pic.twitter.com/Yy2yF34INH
Yet of all the jokes and comments on social media about the news, Bryant only retweeted one.