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.
BIZ STONESuccess isn´t guaranteed, but failure is certain if you aren´t truly emotionally invested in your work.
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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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Even though running is physically straining, it’s mentally refreshing. Especially when you feel like you’ve accomplished something.
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Constraint inspires creativity
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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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When you think about Twitter, there are people all around the world reporting twenty-four seven, every second. They’re reporting what they’re seeing and what’s happening around them. So there’s a lot of potential for breaking news.
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Inventing your dream is the first and biggest step toward making it come true.
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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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People first. Technology second.
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Lesson number one: opportunity can be manufactured.
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You don’t have to spend the entire day hunched over your computer consuming this information.
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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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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.
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Creativity comes from constraint.
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We can break news really fast. When an earthquake happens, there are people Twittering about it.
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I was writing and developing software for alumnae to be able to connect and communicate.
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