Doing startups is all about making mistakes.
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
-
-
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.
BIZ STONE -
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.
BIZ STONE -
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 STONE -
Constraint inspires creativity
BIZ STONE -
Lesson number one: opportunity can be manufactured.
BIZ STONE -
In any leadership position, you’re always going to be disappointing somebody.
BIZ STONE -
Understand that you dont have all the answers, you just have to start somewhere and keep an open mind.
BIZ STONE -
A 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 STONE -
The future of marketing is philanthropy.
BIZ STONE -
I think Twitter has brought something totally new to the table.
BIZ STONE -
When I studied graphic design, I learned a valuable lesson: There’s no perfect answer to the puzzle, and creativity is a renewable resource.
BIZ STONE -
I don’t think of Twitter as a social network. I think of it as a messaging system that has a lot of social components to it.
BIZ STONE -
We realized we weren’t really using Odeo, we weren’t investing our own time creating podcasts.
BIZ STONE -
Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success.
BIZ STONE -
People first. Technology second.
BIZ STONE