Twitter CEO: “It’s amazing anyone uses Twitter today”

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Post by joop » Wed, Dec 03, 2008, 11:02 AM UTC

Twitter CEO: “It’s amazing anyone uses Twitter today”
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#2

Post by pierrefar » Wed, Dec 03, 2008, 11:58 AM UTC

My favorite bit was the "On competition" one:

"I’m pretty sure they are (planning to), but we can’t worry about that. Focus is a really big deal. Even Google stumbles on the focus issue. It’s not as important as search and advertising. Innovator’s dilemma works against bigger companies."

Sage advice for any entrepreneur, and a word of warning for big companies that are losing their touch.

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Post by briancooley » Wed, Dec 03, 2008, 2:18 PM UTC

pierrefar wrote: post #2

My favorite bit was the "On competition" one: "I’m pretty sure they are (planning to), but we can’t worry about that. Focus is a really big deal. Even Google stumbles on the focus issue. It’s not as important as search and advertising. Innovator’s dilemma works against bigger companies." Sage advice for any entrepreneur, and a word of warning for big companies that are losing their touch.

I saw that too, but the quote seems out of context to me. In particular, what does "It's" refer to in the sentence "It’s not as important as search and advertising."

Is he referring to Google entering Twitter's space, and saying that, for Google, microblogging isn't as important as search and advertising?

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Post by river_styx » Wed, Dec 03, 2008, 6:20 PM UTC

I understand his meaning, but this kind of a boneheaded thing for a CEO to say.

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Post by gojomo » Wed, Dec 03, 2008, 6:41 PM UTC

river_styx wrote: post #4

I understand his meaning, but this kind of a boneheaded thing for a CEO to say.

Not at all! It's honest and has no risk of actually discouraging anyone from trying Twitter.

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Post by sh1mmer » Wed, Dec 03, 2008, 9:49 PM UTC

I thought it would have been nice to use the full quote in the post title. It makes it sounds like a faux pas.

Twitter CEO: "It's amazing anyone uses Twitter today. It's hard". Which an extremely honest and candid answer in a discussion. It's cool that he is complementing the number of people doing things with twitter and wants to make it even for people to use the service.