Twitter’s CEO Dick Costolo Is Stepping Down

Post by up_and_up » Thu, Jun 11, 2015, 8:57 PM UTC

jusben1369 wrote: post #33

austenallred wrote: post #18

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Jack is a wild card. They'll give him a shot and see how it goes. If it goes well they can pull an Apple and say, "The founder is finally coming back!" If not they can quietly find a replacement and say, "Now Jack is going back to Square, just like they said he always would." It's PR insurance, basically, which Twitter desperately needs considering they go through CEOs faster than I go through freelancers.

I don't think he can do that to Square and their investors as nice as the story sounds.

Post by waterlesscloud » Thu, Jun 11, 2015, 9:00 PM UTC

noir-york wrote: post #39

The writing was on the wall the moment Chris Sacca penned that long letter http://lowercasecapital.com/2015/06/03/what-twitter-can-be-2... - if not before. Twitter really needs a strong product person running it.

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jun 11, 2015, 9:02 PM UTC

wyclif wrote: post #37

austenallred wrote: post #3

Having a founder and product visionary (Jack) in the driver's seat at Twitter is absolutely the right move. Sure, Jack has his quirks, and seems a little bit crazy and minimalistic, but that's exactly what makes him the right person for the job. Twitter is executing on its vision now just fine, but that's just the problem: There hasn't been any vision left in the company. No truly big moves have been made, and the pr…

The problem with this, as an early Twitter user (summer 2006), is that I don't really want Twitter to significantly change. The minimalism is a feature. It was SMS on the web. I always wanted Twitter to be more like a public utility, but that's impossible now because it's been "monetized."

Post by jusben1369 » Thu, Jun 11, 2015, 9:05 PM UTC

jives wrote: post #46

toephu2 wrote: post #19

Who is going to run Square in the interim then? Is he going to pull a Elon Musk, 3 days here, and 2 days there?

He's split his time between these two companies before. "... after 8 hours at Twitter, he literally walks 2 blocks to put in another 8 hour shift at Square." http://thenextweb.com/entrepreneur/2011/11/14/jack-dorsey-do...

Post by Kalium » Thu, Jun 11, 2015, 9:12 PM UTC

pyre wrote: post #54

wyclif wrote: post #37

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The problem with this, as an early Twitter user (summer 2006), is that I don't really want Twitter to significantly change. The minimalism is a feature. It was SMS on the web. I always wanted Twitter to be more like a public utility, but that's impossible now because it's been "monetized."

> I always wanted Twitter to be more like a public utility Twitter is a business, how were you expecting this to work? For the USG to aqui-hire them?