I’ve probably overused this analogy of a flock of birds moving around an object in flight, but, in reality, it’s so simple, real time communication of individuals that allow for this super organism type of organism to happen.
BIZ STONEPeople are watching TV, they’re watching some clips on their iPhone. I mean, some folks are sitting there on the iPhone, watching the Colbert Report, and meanwhile there’s a huge plasma TV right in front of them that they could be watching it on.
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I think that’s a really important role that people sometimes forget about, especially with all these newspaper shutting down and having trouble, where are all these stories going to go?
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Even though running is physically straining, it’s mentally refreshing. Especially when you feel like you’ve accomplished something.
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Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success.
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Lesson number one: opportunity can be manufactured.
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We didn’t have anything before Twitter that allowed a group of people roaming around a city to communicate instantly, in real time, and in a coordinated way, in a group.
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Creativity is a renewable resource.
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We realized we weren’t really using Odeo, we weren’t investing our own time creating podcasts.
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Have confidence in your ideas before they even exist.
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I never even graduated college. I never finished learning, as it were, and I have a psychological need to be in a learning environment at all times.
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We actually created Twitter and Odeo at the same time. When we realized we didn’t really want to be running Odeo anymore we looked around for anyone who wanted to buy Odeo, but not acquire us as a technology. But people aren’t as interested in that.
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I realized ceativity is a renewable resource. You never run out of good ideas
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Doing startups is all about making mistakes.
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I’m curious about writing in the age of online publishing. Because nobody cares about good writing online.
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Success isn´t guaranteed, but failure is certain if you aren´t truly emotionally invested in your work.
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I mean just look at haiku, the idea of it. We want to focus on that singularity, on that simplicity, but we still want to add features and add value, but we want to do it in a way that fits in with that mentality of simplicity. You have to spend a lot of time thinking about it.
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