Lesson number one: opportunity can be manufactured.
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Lesson number one: opportunity can be manufactured.
BIZ STONEA Twitter update is simple and fast and gets the information and news, and it spreads it very quickly, and it can contain links so you can then link to this whole context of information.
BIZ STONEConstraint inspires creativity
BIZ STONEThe determination that led me to create a new sports team taught me an important lesson: opportunity is manufactured.
BIZ STONEIn order to succeed spectacularly you have to be willing to fail spectacularly.
BIZ STONEYou can shut down a service, and yet people will find ways to communicate.
BIZ STONEI started out as an artist, and I continue to think of myself as an artist first, and a technologist and entrepreneur after that.
BIZ STONEWe hired a CSR person at Twitter, years before we hired our first sales person, to make sure we had a culture and impact of doing good.
BIZ STONEThe reason I really started running was for meditative purposes. I would pick some problem to have in my head while running.
BIZ STONEYou don’t have to spend the entire day hunched over your computer consuming this information.
BIZ STONEWe realized we weren’t really using Odeo, we weren’t investing our own time creating podcasts.
BIZ STONESuccess isn´t guaranteed, but failure is certain if you aren´t truly emotionally invested in your work.
BIZ STONEI 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.
BIZ STONEI knew Mac pretty well. I’d used them when I was younger.
BIZ STONEThe thing that excites me, and the thing that excited me about Twitter, is the idea of a flock of birds moving around an object in flight.
BIZ STONEInventing your dream is the first and biggest step toward making it come true.
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