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Jack Dorsey Almost Went to Facebook
- alphakappa 13y agoIf it is true that he was reduced to the powerless role of chairman early on, then what should I make of the story that he spends a full work-day at both twitter and square? [1] 1. http://www.businessinsider.com/jack-dorsey-says-hes-working-16-20-hours-a-day-at-square-and-twitter-2011-6 http://www.businessinsider.com/jack-dorsey-says-hes-working-...
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- conradfr 13y agoI guess http://mashable.com/2011/03/28/jack-dorsey-returns-to-twitter/ http://mashable.com/2011/03/28/jack-dorsey-returns-to-twitte...
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- adventured 13y agoA few things. First, that article is from over two years ago. Second, that article is itself three years after he was removed from the CEO role. From what I understand, after Ev was removed as CEO and as Biz Stone was on the way out, Dorsey was basically invited to step back into an active product role. There were numerous conflicts between Ev / Biz / Dorsey and Costolo has a much better relationship with Dorsey.
- jedc 13y agoAnd Dick Costolo said earlier this year (maybe late last year) that Jack hasn't been involved on a day-to-day basis in quite a while.
- cmollis 13y agonot interesting.
- joonix 13y agoWhat's the value of reading books like this? Seems like a gossip rag. We look down at people who read celebrity tabloids but this is no different just because the drama happens inside an office.
- ananth99 13y agoI wonder how the dynamics of the Valley would've changed had Dorsey moved to Facebook? ;)
- avty 13y agoThe shutdown will likely cancel Twitter's IPO, they are not out of the woods yet.
- throwawayyyz 13y agoIn terms of overall market conditions or what else?
- ojbyrne 13y agoI'm impressed at how quickly Nick Bilton's article, which is a fairly rich and interesting narrative, is summarized with an "executive as celebrity" headline that could easily appear in People magazine (if you substitute Hollywood for tech).