Biz Stone
Biz Stone
Christopher Isaac "Biz" Stone is a co-founder of Twitter, Inc and also helped to create and launch Xanga, Odeo, The Obvious Corporation and Medium. In 2012, Stone co-founded a start-up called Jelly Industries where he serves as CEO. The release of the Jelly app, a Q&A platform that relies on images, was officially announced in January 2014...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth10 March 1974
CityBoston, MA
CountryUnited States of America
I mean, even when it's really simple, there's so much amazing beautiful creativity that can come out of that.
You have to have an emotional investment in what you're doing. If you don't love what you're doing, failure is pretty much guaranteed.
The normal press cycle is to put a company on a pedestal and then knock it down. It's much more interesting that way.
The most rewarding thing for me has been this affirmation for me that people are basically good and smart, and if you give them a simple tool that allows them to exhibit that behavior, they'll prove it to you every single day.
I think we definitely want to focus on the simplicity aspect because it's something that's built into the culture even here at Twitter. Constraints inspire creativity.
This idea that the open exchange of information can have a positive global impact is being proven over and over again around the world nearly on a daily basis - and for Secretary Clinton to recognize that, I think, is a huge step.
Understand that you dont have all the answers, you just have to start somewhere and keep an open mind.
You can shut down a service, and yet people will find ways to communicate.
When a plane lands in the Hudson and there's a Twitter user on the ferry taking a picture of it, Boom. That's it. The water is still splashing. Here's the photo of the thing.
Even though running is physically straining, it's mentally refreshing. Especially when you feel like you've accomplished something.
When I studied graphic design, I learned a valuable lesson: There's no perfect answer to the puzzle, and creativity is a renewable resource.
I haven't been paying attention to politics long enough to have really smart opinions.
Positive culture comes from being mindful, and respecting your coworkers, and being empathetic.
Doing startups is all about making mistakes.