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Twitter CEO: “It’s amazing anyone uses Twitter today”
- pierrefar 18y agoMy favorite bit was the "On competition" one: "I’m pretty sure they are (planning to), but we can’t worry about that. Focus is a really big deal. Even Google stumbles on the focus issue. It’s not as important as search and advertising. Innovator’s dilemma works against bigger companies." Sage advice for any entrepreneur, and a word of warning for big companies that are losing their touch.
- briancooley 18y agoI saw that too, but the quote seems out of context to me. In particular, what does "It's" refer to in the sentence "It’s not as important as search and advertising." Is he referring to Google entering Twitter's space, and saying that, for Google, microblogging isn't as important as search and advertising?
- river_styx 18y agoI understand his meaning, but this kind of a boneheaded thing for a CEO to say.
- gojomo 18y agoNot at all! It's honest and has no risk of actually discouraging anyone from trying Twitter.
- sh1mmer 18y agoI thought it would have been nice to use the full quote in the post title. It makes it sounds like a faux pas. Twitter CEO: "It's amazing anyone uses Twitter today. It's hard". Which an extremely honest and candid answer in a discussion. It's cool that he is complementing the number of people doing things with twitter and wants to make it even for people to use the service.