In order to succeed spectacularly you have to be willing to fail spectacularly.
BIZ STONEWe 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 haven’t been paying attention to politics long enough to have really smart opinions.
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Willingness to take risks is the path to success.
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Creativity is a renewable resource.
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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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Success isn´t guaranteed, but failure is certain if you aren´t truly emotionally invested in your work.
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People first. Technology second.
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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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Constraint inspires creativity
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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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I was writing and developing software for alumnae to be able to connect and communicate.
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I’m curious about writing in the age of online publishing. Because nobody cares about good writing online.
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Creativity comes from constraint.
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Positive culture comes from being mindful, and respecting your coworkers, and being empathetic.
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It’s important to credit the brave people that take chances to stand up to regimes. They’re the star.
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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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