Willingness to take risks is the path to success.
BIZ STONESo I taught myself web design, and then in 1999 some friends of mine decided to start a company called Xanga.com, which was a very early kind of social network slash blogging community.
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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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I think before Twitter people didn’t think that way, not in any sort of meaningful or specific way, so what I’m trying to say, if we’re trying a bunch of stuff, a lot of cool and great social stuff, a lot of platform stuff, then some of it will stick, and some of it will be junked over.
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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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If people are passionate about your product, whether it’s because they’re hating or loving it, those are both good scenarios.
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They picked my jacket and when the art director got back to Boston, he wanted to know who designed it and I said, “Me.” He was like, “The box guy?”
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You can shut down a service, and yet people will find ways to communicate.
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Inventing your dream is the first and biggest step toward making it come true.
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This idea that the open exchange of information can have a positive global impact is being proven over and over again around the world nearly on a daily basis – and for Secretary Clinton to recognize that, I think, is a huge step.
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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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The future of marketing is philanthropy.
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Positive culture comes from being mindful, and respecting your coworkers, and being empathetic.
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I mean, if you were going to say that now, it doesn’t sound like a great idea, because there are other ways you can distribute the news.
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Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success.
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You can be hyperconnected, then you can take a break for a couple days and it’s fine.
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Doing startups is all about making mistakes.
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