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 STONEI 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?
More Biz Stone Quotes
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People first. Technology second.
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I’ve probably overused this analogy of a flock of birds moving around an object in flight, but, in reality, it’s so simple, real time communication of individuals that allow for this super organism type of organism to happen.
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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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I think you have something really great with all those stories waiting to be told, but I just don’t know how it shapes up exactly. I don’t think there are going to be a lot of newspaper reporters sitting around not writing.
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The future of marketing is philanthropy.
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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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Doing startups is all about making mistakes.
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I realized ceativity is a renewable resource. You never run out of good ideas
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Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success.
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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.
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Inventing your dream is the first and biggest step toward making it come true.
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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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We hired a CSR person at Twitter, years before we hired our first sales person, to make sure we had a culture and impact of doing good.
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Lesson number one: opportunity can be manufactured.
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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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