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Or he's just "putting the band" back together and next month they will launch their own version of Snapchat's filtered selfies. Who knows.
I know a lot of the early history, I worked there when we hired both Jack and Biz. I can tell you that it's a really good thing that Biz is back on board. Biz was able to articulate what twitter was as the human voice of the company in both directions. From day one the question was always, what does Biz do. Biz bounced around but when he was there things were better. Kind of like the basketball player that Nate Silve…
> he can tear things down without fear of destroying somebody else's house of cards.
Isn't the challenge with this that the house of cards literally belongs to somebody else - the shareholders - now?
I know a lot of the early history, I worked there when we hired both Jack and Biz. I can tell you that it's a really good thing that Biz is back on board. Biz was able to articulate what twitter was as the human voice of the company in both directions. From day one the question was always, what does Biz do. Biz bounced around but when he was there things were better. Kind of like the basketball player that Nate Silve…
This is super interesting, thanks for the perspective! > he can tear things down without fear of destroying somebody else's house of cards. Isn't the challenge with this that the house of cards literally belongs to somebody else - the shareholders - now?
I don't understand how anyone thinks Dorsey can run both Twitter and Square at the same time.
I know a lot of the early history, I worked there when we hired both Jack and Biz. I can tell you that it's a really good thing that Biz is back on board. Biz was able to articulate what twitter was as the human voice of the company in both directions. From day one the question was always, what does Biz do. Biz bounced around but when he was there things were better. Kind of like the basketball player that Nate Silve…
I know a lot of the early history, I worked there when we hired both Jack and Biz. I can tell you that it's a really good thing that Biz is back on board. Biz was able to articulate what twitter was as the human voice of the company in both directions. From day one the question was always, what does Biz do. Biz bounced around but when he was there things were better. Kind of like the basketball player that Nate Silve…
I know a lot of the early history, I worked there when we hired both Jack and Biz. I can tell you that it's a really good thing that Biz is back on board. Biz was able to articulate what twitter was as the human voice of the company in both directions. From day one the question was always, what does Biz do. Biz bounced around but when he was there things were better. Kind of like the basketball player that Nate Silve…
"Stone explained that his top focus will be guiding company culture. 'It’s important that everyone understands the whole story of Twitter and each of our roles in that story. I’ll shape the experience internally so it’s also felt outside the company.' – Biz Stone Of the things twitter needs - strategy? product direction? revenue? - is "guiding the company culture" really that high on the list?
> Of the things twitter needs - strategy? product direction? revenue? - is "guiding the company culture" really that high on the list? This is very typical in dying large companies, you bring back the old guard to try and save the day. Rarely works, but at least it's an attempt.
What skills does Biz have exactly? It always seemed like Ev was a product genius, Jack was the business brains, but Biz?
"Stone explained that his top focus will be guiding company culture. 'It’s important that everyone understands the whole story of Twitter and each of our roles in that story. I’ll shape the experience internally so it’s also felt outside the company.' – Biz Stone Of the things twitter needs - strategy? product direction? revenue? - is "guiding the company culture" really that high on the list?