Evan Williams
Evan Williams
Evan Clark Williamsis an American computer programmer and Internet entrepreneur who has founded several Internet companies. Williams was previously Chairman and CEO of Twitter, one of the internet's top ten websites...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth31 March 1972
CityClarks, NE
CountryUnited States of America
skiers skis very-good
I tried to be a ski bum when I stepped away from Twitter, and I wasn't a very good skier.
inspirational people design
User experience is everything. It always has been, but it's undervalued and underinvested in. If you don't know user-centered design, study it. Hire people who know it. Obsess over it. Live and breathe it. Get your whole company on board.
choices-made focus lessons
Our problem wasn’t that it blew up and was impossible to scale, but there were some bad choices made. One of the biggest lessons time after time was to focus. Do fewer things.
opportunity advice marketing
When I meet with the founders of a new company, my advice is almost always, ‘Do fewer things.’ It’s true of partnerships, marketing opportunities, anything that’s taking up your time. The vast majority of things are distractions, and very few really matter to your success.
thinking brilliant problem
When you’re obsessing about one thing, you can reach insights about how to solve hard problems. If you have too many things to think about, you’ll get to the superficial solution, not the brilliant one.
balance work-and-life our-relationship
Failure of your company is not failure in life. Failure in your relationships is.
school college years
After high school, I enrolled at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, but I stayed only a year and a half. I felt college was a waste of time; I wanted to start working.
fun having-fun world
Change the world. Build a business. Have fun.
people assuming paranoid
Assume the best but hire paranoid people.
entrepreneur marketing done
Marketing, when done well, is about story telling.
inspirational matter majority
The vast majority of things are distractions, and very few really matter to your success.
ideas people news
News in general doesn't matter most of the time, and most people would be far better off if they spent their time consuming less news and more ideas that have more lasting import.
communication fighting abuse
Every major communication tool on the Internet has spam and abuse problems. All email services, blogging services and social networks have to dedicate a significant amount of resources and time to fighting abuse and protecting their users.
nagging exploring
The things that keep nagging at you are the ones worth exploring.