Things a Little Bird Told Me
By Biz Stone
Confessions of the Creative Mind. Macmillan, 2014.
Summary of Things a Little Bird Told Me book by Biz Stone
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.
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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
Biz Stone manufactured his own opportunities, leading him to create a blogging company and join Google in 2003
Working at Google is a dream job for most engineers, but Stone didn’t feel challenged enough there
Williams, Glass, and Stone develop Twitter, using character constraints to motivate their creativity and innovation
The South by Southwest conference was Twitter’s first mainstream demonstration, but problems arose when the site crashed on day one
The second day of the conference demonstrated Twitter’s growing popularity, leading to its founding and eventual site improvements
Twitter became a way for global news to spread quickly, drawing Mark Zuckerberg’s interest
User-generated terminology was adopted by Twitter in 2009, along with a set of six “assumptions”
Corporations have a responsibility to make the world a better place through altruistic charity work
Williams was fired in 2010, followed by Goldman; Stone left on his own in 2011
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About the author of Things a Little Bird Told Me
Biz Stone
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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