I try to spend a lot of time with people outside my direct reports. The view from the top is totally distorted. If you only spend time with your directs, you have no perspective on what's really going on. Dick Costolo directdistortlot share on social
What launched me toward Feedburner? Well, the Internet happened. When I saw Mosaic, I thought, 'I gotta do this.' I founded and sold a few companies. Feedburner was my fourth. Dick Costolo companyfeedburnerfound Change image and share on social
I was in Shanghai recently, where Twitter is blocked, and yet there were ads and billboards across town with hashtags on them. Dick Costolo billboardblockhashtags Change image and share on social
One of the things that amazes me about Twitter is the way it utterly eradicates artificial barriers to communication. Things like status, geopolitics and so on keep people from talking to one another. Those go away in Twitter. You see exchanges that would never happen anywhere else. Dick Costolo amazeartificialbarrier share on social
One of the things that I think I do well as a CEO is that I'm present. When I'm with my employees, I'm there in the moment. Dick Costolo ceoemployeemoment Change image and share on social
For many people, when they come to Twitter, the language is opaque. We need to push the scaffolding to the background and bring the content forward. The media, the photos, the videos. Dick Costolo backgroundbringcontent Change image and share on social
You can choose to listen to one end of the spectrum or the other on Twitter, just like you can on television. But hopefully what we've done is given a voice to that broad middle ground. Dick Costolo broadchooseend Change image and share on social
