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 STONEThe most rewarding thing for me has been this affirmation for me that people are basically good and smart, and if you give them a simple tool that allows them to exhibit that behavior, they’ll prove it to you every single day.
More Biz Stone Quotes
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Willingness to take risks is the path to success.
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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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I was writing and developing software for alumnae to be able to connect and communicate.
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We realized we weren’t really using Odeo, we weren’t investing our own time creating podcasts.
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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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Doing startups is all about making mistakes.
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Creativity is a renewable resource.
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I’ve seen people twitter in haiku only.
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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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Creativity comes from constraint.
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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 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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Even the simplest tools can empower people to do great things.
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Have confidence in your ideas before they even exist.
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I 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.
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