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I'm not sure what you're implying? That he doesn't want to stick around? Jobs didn't take a salary after his return.

wozniacki 11y ago
My hunch is that Jack won't/can't stick around for three reasons : a) He has another company to save which is in itself a full time job, given how hot the payments space is. b) If Twitter should ultimately (and rather ingloriously) be sold to say a Alibaba or Facebook or (longshots) Microsoft or Google, Jack wouldn't want to be the guy who 'trimmed the fat' and right-sized it for a sale. It wouldn't be good for his personal brand. c) Twitter hasn't yet found an identity - even with 300 MM users (even Costolo hasn't contested this as recently as May, in an interview [1]). Jack can only breathe life into it, if he makes one hell of a pivot away from the way Twitter is perceived by the masses - way too confusing to use for most [2] and lacking an identity (People still ask of Twitter what they don't of Facebook - what Twitter will be when it has finally grown up)[3] Bonus reason : Twitter has gone through 5 product heads in the five years while Costolo was at the helm. A part of me wants to believe that it is not all the fault of Costolo and that Twitter needs a fundamental rethink. I doubt Dorsey is willing to do it. I just don't think he can, unless he gives up his gig at Square. [1] [3] Twitter CEO Dick Costolo Q&A: What to Do When People Say ‘You Suck’ http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-05-07/twitter-ceo-dick-costolo-q-a-what-to-do-when-people-say-you-suck http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-05-07/twitter-ce... [2] Twitter redesigned its confusing, unattractive homepage http://qz.com/384517/twitter-redesigned-its-confusing-unattractive-homepage/ http://qz.com/384517/twitter-redesigned-its-confusing-unattr...
- meatysnapper 11y ago
  Don't forget that the legacy of product chaos started with Jack.

My hunch is that Jack won't/can't stick around for three reasons : a) He has another company to save which is in itself a full time job, given how hot the payments space is. b) If Twitter should ultimately (and rather ingloriously) be sold to say a Alibaba or Facebook or (longshots) Microsoft or Google, Jack wouldn't want to be the guy who 'trimmed the fat' and right-sized it for a sale. It wouldn't be good for his personal brand. c) Twitter hasn't yet found an identity - even with 300 MM users (even Costolo hasn't contested this as recently as May, in an interview [1]). Jack can only breathe life into it, if he makes one hell of a pivot away from the way Twitter is perceived by the masses - way too confusing to use for most [2] and lacking an identity (People still ask of Twitter what they don't of Facebook - what Twitter will be when it has finally grown up)[3] Bonus reason : Twitter has gone through 5 product heads in the five years while Costolo was at the helm. A part of me wants to believe that it is not all the fault of Costolo and that Twitter needs a fundamental rethink. I doubt Dorsey is willing to do it. I just don't think he can, unless he gives up his gig at Square. [1] [3] Twitter CEO Dick Costolo Q&A: What to Do When People Say ‘You Suck’ http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-05-07/twitter-ceo-dick-costolo-q-a-what-to-do-when-people-say-you-suck http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-05-07/twitter-ce... [2] Twitter redesigned its confusing, unattractive homepage http://qz.com/384517/twitter-redesigned-its-confusing-unattractive-homepage/ http://qz.com/384517/twitter-redesigned-its-confusing-unattr...

meatysnapper 11y ago
Don't forget that the legacy of product chaos started with Jack.