If I had one piece of advice to tell an entrepreneur, I always say, ‘You have to have emotional investment in what you’re working on.’ That’s what we lacked at Odeo. Biz Stone Read Quote
A feeling I got from working at Google was that technology could solve any problem. Yes, it’s fantastic, but what I realized later was there’s technology, and there’s people. Google had its list ordered: Technology. People. And I think the right order is: People. Technology. Biz Stone Read Quote
Obviously, working at Google wasn’t a mistake. I used to just walk around. I don’t know if I was supposed to, but I’d just open doors and see what people were doing. Biz Stone Read Quote
If you’re thinking of acquiring a company and want to keep it a secret, tell everyone in the company; let them all in on the truth. Say, ‘Listen, if this gets out, we’ll probably lose the deal, so we’re all in this together.’ Biz Stone Read Quote
I never even graduated college. I never finished learning, as it were, and I have a psychological need to be in a learning environment at all times. Biz Stone Read Quote
If people are passionate about your product, whether it’s because they’re hating or loving it, those are both good scenarios. Biz Stone Read Quote
I’m still kinda old-school. We’re twittering, and we’re all twitterers. And we write tweets. The only thing I don’t love is twits. Biz Stone Read Quote
The reason I really started running was for meditative purposes. I would pick some problem to have in my head while running. Biz Stone Read Quote
