Biz Stone
Biz Stone
Christopher Isaac "Biz" Stone is a co-founder of Twitter, Inc and also helped to create and launch Xanga, Odeo, The Obvious Corporation and Medium. In 2012, Stone co-founded a start-up called Jelly Industries where he serves as CEO. The release of the Jelly app, a Q&A platform that relies on images, was officially announced in January 2014...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth10 March 1974
CityBoston, MA
CountryUnited States of America
A personal belief is that if you're not personally invested in what you're working on, you'll fail.
I mean just look at haiku, the idea of it. We want to focus on that singularity, on that simplicity, but we still want to add features and add value, but we want to do it in a way that fits in with that mentality of simplicity. You have to spend a lot of time thinking about it.
With Twitter, it's as easy to unfollow as it is to follow.
I haven't been paying attention to politics long enough to have really smart opinions.
People first. Technology second.
I'm curious about writing in the age of online publishing. Because nobody cares about good writing online.
Even though running is physically straining, it's mentally refreshing. Especially when you feel like you've accomplished something.
You can shut down a service, and yet people will find ways to communicate.
Understand that you dont have all the answers, you just have to start somewhere and keep an open mind.
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 daily basis - and for Secretary Clinton to recognize that, I think, is a huge step.
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 allows them to exhibit that behavior, they'll prove it to you every single day.
The normal press cycle is to put a company on a pedestal and then knock it down. It's much more interesting that way.
Creativity is a renewable resource.
Embrace your constraints.