We realized we weren't really using Odeo, we weren't investing our own time creating podcasts. We were building a tool that was a great idea for some….

Even the simplest tools can empower people to do great things..

You can shut down a service, and yet people will find ways to communicate..

In order to succeed spectacularly you have to be willing to fail spectacularly..

Positive culture comes from being mindful, and respecting your coworkers, and being empathetic..

When you hand good people possibility, they do great things..

You don't have to spend the entire day hunched over your computer consuming this information. Maybe, it is as simple as once in a while glancing down….

We did Twitter, and Twitter grew so fast, and in 2006 we spun it out into Twitter, Inc..

Constraint inspires creativity.

I thought I was going to stay at Google, because it was a great place to work..

The normal press cycle is to put a company on a pedestal and then knock it down. It's much more interesting that way..

Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success..

The future of marketing is philanthropy..

The reason I really started running was for meditative purposes. I would pick some problem to have in my head while running..

This idea that the open exchange of information can have a positive global impact is being proven over and over again around the world nearly on a da….

I think Twitter has brought something totally new to the table..

If you make the opportunity. you'll be the first in the position to take advantage of it..

We didn't have anything before Twitter that allowed a group of people roaming around a city to communicate instantly, in real time, and in a coordina….

You have to have an emotional investment in what you're doing. If you don't love what you're doing, failure is pretty much guaranteed..

Creativity is a renewable resource..

The most rewarding thing for me has been this affirmation for me that people are basically good and smart, and if you give them a simple tool that al….