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
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People are fans of Dunkin' Donuts. They have a relationship with the company, they go there every day. Dunkin' Donuts is using Twitter to communicate with those people. There are people who are finding value in that. There's thousands of people, I don't know how many thousands now, following Dunkin' Donuts.
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Mass spectrometry is one of the most sensitive methods for finding drugs, chemicals, pollutants and disease, but the problem is that you have to extract a sample and treat that sample before you can analyze it.
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I never closed my practice -ÊI just did not take any new commissions until recently.
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I'm not a big-company guy. I need freedom and control.
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I mistrust anyone... if they're saying, 'Well, that market wants this,' and you're not part of that market.
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I've done a lot of stupid things, but in most cases I can't complain about the outcomes.
'What is Twitter?' has always been a tough question to answer.
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'Vanity pages,' is somewhat of a derogatory term; personal pages are still the heart of blogging, but now there are more topic-oriented blogs. It's really about personal expression, and that's just gotten bigger and broader.
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There's something about just hanging around when it comes to success on the Internet.
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Anything I've done that really worked happened because, either by sheer will or a lack of options, I was incredibly focused on one problem.
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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.
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I have a love for the hospitality industry.
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In the best cases, Twitter makes people smarter and faster and more efficient.
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I had a blog for many years. Once you develop your readership on your blog, and you can put something out there or direct traffic or get attention - it's like a super power.