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Things a Little Bird Told Me

Things a Little Bird Told Me

By Biz Stone

Confessions of the Creative Mind. Macmillan, 2014.

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A brief summary of Things a Little Bird Told Me

An invaluable resource that is part memoir and part advice manual, providing an inside glimpse into Biz Stone’s career and life, leading up to his co-founding of Twitter and the massive success that followed.

Key insights in Things a Little Bird Told Me

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What do you get from this book? Strategies from the cofounder of Twitter for overcoming obstacles, developing creativity, and attaining success
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Biz Stone manufactured his own opportunities, leading him to create a blogging company and join Google in 2003
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Working at Google is a dream job for most engineers, but Stone didn’t feel challenged enough there
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Williams, Glass, and Stone develop Twitter, using character constraints to motivate their creativity and innovation
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The South by Southwest conference was Twitter’s first mainstream demonstration, but problems arose when the site crashed on day one
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The second day of the conference demonstrated Twitter’s growing popularity, leading to its founding and eventual site improvements
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Twitter became a way for global news to spread quickly, drawing Mark Zuckerberg’s interest
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User-generated terminology was adopted by Twitter in 2009, along with a set of six “assumptions”
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Corporations have a responsibility to make the world a better place through altruistic charity work
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Williams was fired in 2010, followed by Goldman; Stone left on his own in 2011
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Selected critiques in brief
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Final word

Who should read Things a Little Bird Told Me

CEOs • startups • small business owners • technology enthusiasts • entrepreneurs • business professors and students

About the author of Things a Little Bird Told Me

Christopher Isaac “Biz” Stone is a blogger and entrepreneur, former Google leader, and the co-founder of Twitter. He was named “Entrepreneur of the Decade” by Inc. magazine, and one of the “100 Most Influential People in the World” by Time. In addition to investing in technology startups, Stone has worked as a film director and executive producer.

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