Quote

People first. Technology second.

Biz Stone

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Biz Stone
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: March 10
Blogger
Businessman
Businessperson
Computer Scientist
Creative Director
San Francisco County
California
Christopher Isaac Stone
Isaac Biz Stone
Biz
Second
Technology
Firsts
First
People

More quotes by Biz Stone

Image
Design is a career where you learn creative decision making.
Biz Stone
Image
I'm curious about writing in the age of online publishing. Because nobody cares about good writing online.
Biz Stone
Image
I think of Twitter as a messaging system that you didn't know you needed until you had it. Think about when cell phones first started coming out. People said, Why would I carry my phone around? And now you'll drive back to your house thirty miles if you forget your cell phone.
Biz Stone
Image
Twitter provides a great amount of timely information, but we still need those people to fill out the rest of the story and the context.
Biz Stone
Image
Investors are employees you can never hire. We made sure to pick investors that thought like us.
Biz Stone
Image
In order to succeed spectacularly you have to be willing to fail spectacularly.
Biz Stone
Image
There's no such thing as a superhero, but together we can world in a new direction.
Biz Stone
Image
You curate information that you want to receive. It's a lot different because I'm not asking you if it's okay, I'm just saying I'm following your updates. That's why I don't think of Twitter as a social network.
Biz Stone
Image
I haven't been paying attention to politics long enough to have really smart opinions.
Biz Stone
Image
People are watching TV, they're watching some clips on their iPhone. I mean, some folks are sitting there on the iPhone, watching the Colbert Report, and meanwhile there's a huge plasma TV right in front of them that they could be watching it on.
Biz Stone
Image
When you hand good people possibility, they do great things.
Biz Stone
Image
It's important to credit the brave people that take chances to stand up to regimes. They're the star.
Biz Stone
Image
I think we definitely want to focus on the simplicity aspect because it's something that's built into the culture even here at Twitter. Constraints inspire creativity.
Biz Stone
Image
The future of marketing is philanthropy.
Biz Stone
Image
Success isn´t guaranteed, but failure is certain if you aren´t truly emotionally invested in your work.
Biz Stone
Image
Creativity is a renewable resource.
Biz Stone
Image
Embrace your constraints.
Biz Stone
Image
I think Twitter has brought something totally new to the table.
Biz Stone
Image
A personal belief is that if you're not personally invested in what you're working on, you'll fail.
Biz Stone
Image
Even the simplest tools can empower people to do great things.
Biz Stone