People first. Technology second.
BIZ STONEThe reason I really started running was for meditative purposes. I would pick some problem to have in my head while running.
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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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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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In order to succeed spectacularly you have to be willing to fail spectacularly.
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Willingness to take risks is the path to success.
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Embrace your constraints.
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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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I was kind of showing the art director a thing or two about how to use a Mac. And one day everyone went out to lunch and I jumped on the computer and designed a book jacket and slipped it in the pile to go to the review board in New York.
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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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Both my wife and I have a lot of compassion for animals in general.
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I think Twitter has brought something totally new to the table.
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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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When I studied graphic design, I learned a valuable lesson: There’s no perfect answer to the puzzle, and creativity is a renewable resource.
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I started out as an artist, and I continue to think of myself as an artist first, and a technologist and entrepreneur after that.
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The 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.
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Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success.
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