I feel lucky because earlier in my career, I found what I liked to do; it's build software that you see your friends using on the street, and they like it. Dennis Crowley buildcareerearly Change image and share on social
I keep a notebook in my pocket, and I write down all the stuff we could ever do with Foursquare. Dennis Crowley foursquarenotebookpocket Change image and share on social
Every check-in should mean something. Foursquare should get smarter every time that you continue to check in. We should be able to offer special deals that you may be interested in, and we should be able to offer recommendations for the type of things you should do next. Dennis Crowley checkcontinuedeal share on social
The best version of Foursquare is the one you don't think about using. Dennis Crowley foursquareversion Change image and share on social
Facebook is about sharing experiences that you've had. Foursquare is more about the present tense and the future tense. Dennis Crowley experiencefacebookfoursquare Change image and share on social
I can think of the number of people who were like, 'I will never get a cellphone because I don't want people calling me all the time. And I will never get on Facebook because I don't want to share that stuff with people. And Twitter, that's not for me.' And this is just the natural progression of things. Dennis Crowley callcellphonefacebook share on social
You know when people leave a job, and they say they didn't know what they came away with after two years? That's how I felt when I first left Google. Dennis Crowley feltgooglejob Change image and share on social
People used to pooh-pooh the idea of a check-in, saying that this wasn't interesting. But when you have 3 billion of those data points, you can take any latitude and longitude anywhere in the world, and I'll tell you what is interesting now, 20 minutes from now, and 6 hours from now. Dennis Crowley billioncheckdatum share on social