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
success
There's something about just hanging around when it comes to success on the Internet.
tweet
I used to tweet about the most mundane things - like 'I just bought a soya latte' - but now I try and make it a bit more interesting.
believe
I believe that companies that are independent are more competitive, ultimately.
talent entrepreneurial bigs
I suspect there's a lot of validity to the premise that big companies aren't going to attract entrepreneurial talent.
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.
technology long desire
Take a human desire, preferably one that has been around for a really long time Identify that desire and use modern technology to take out steps.
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.