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.
BIZ STONEI 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.
More Biz Stone Quotes
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Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success.
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It’s important to credit the brave people that take chances to stand up to regimes. They’re the star.
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The two things I use the most are the MacBook Air and my iPhone. Those are my two most-used gadgets that are dented, scratched and smashed.
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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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A personal belief is that if you’re not personally invested in what you’re working on, you’ll fail.
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You don’t have to spend the entire day hunched over your computer consuming this information.
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I got an idea: people like news why don’t we write the news down on a piece of paper, and we’ll gas them up and drive them to everyone’s house.
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Doing startups is all about making mistakes.
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We can figure it out, it’s not like we all have a disease.
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I thought I was going to stay at Google, because it was a great place to work.
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Experience and curiosity drive us to make unexpected, offbeat connections. It is these nonlinear steps that often lead to the greatest work.
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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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People first. Technology second.
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What if the New York Times gave out free, cheap Kindles to everyone and said this is how we’re doing it now. You know? Maybe that’s a way to go.
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You have to have an emotional investment in what you’re doing. If you don’t love what you’re doing, failure is pretty much guaranteed.
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