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Evan Williams
American Businessman
Born: Mar 31, 1972
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My life has been a series of well-orchestrated accidents; I've always suffered from hallucinogenic optimism. Evan Williams
Life My Life Accidents Has-Been Always Been Optimism Series Suffered
I'm not a big-company guy. I need freedom and control. Evan Williams
Freedom Control Guy Need
There's something about just hanging around when it comes to success on the Internet. Evan Williams
Success Internet About Something Around Hanging Just
Traditional news is often full of mistakes, but I think that people are getting more sophisticated in knowing what to trust and what not to trust. Evan Williams
News Trust People Mistakes Think More Sophisticated Knowing Traditional Getting Often Full
If you look at the Internet, the vast majority of start-ups are not successful. But the ones that are, are very very successful. So you can't point to the unsuccessful ones and say, 'There's no hope for this field.' It's just that they had the wrong idea or they had bad execution. Evan Williams
Hope You Internet Field Say Bad No Hope Vast Point Vast Majority Had Wrong Idea Unsuccessful Look Execution Majority Very Just Successful
Twitter isn't a social network, it's an information network. Evan Williams
Twitter Network Information Social
Twitter is a very easy way to keep in touch. Evan Williams
Twitter Way Easy Easy Way Touch Very Keep
Blogging and traditional media work together. Twitter complements traditional media. Evan Williams
Work Together Twitter Traditional Blogging Work Together Media
What the Internet is great at is building networks. Evan Williams
Great Internet Building Networks
Anything I've done that really worked happened because, either by sheer will or a lack of options, I was incredibly focused on one problem. Evan Williams
Problem Will Incredibly Focused Sheer Because Options Done Lack Anything Happened Either Worked Really
Blogging got the concept of personal publishing, but it didn't really take advantage of the network. Evan Williams
Take Advantage Network Take Advantage Concept Got Blogging Personal Really Publishing
I tried to be a ski bum when I stepped away from Twitter, and I wasn't a very good skier. Evan Williams
Good Twitter Tried Stepped Bum Very Ski Skier Away
I like to think of the world as a sort of a casino, except the house doesn't have the advantage. If you're smart, you have an advantage. It behooves you to place a lot of bets. Evan Williams
You World Casino Smart Think Bets Except Advantage Like House Sort Lot Place
My strong belief - in being in blogging before Twitter - is that in trying to create more information out there, in trying to create the democratization of media in general, is that the more voices there are out there then the likelihood is that the truth bubbles up to the top. Evan Williams
Truth Strong Before Twitter Top Out General More Voices Bubbles Likelihood Democratization Blogging Up Trying Being Information Then Create Belief Media
I think there's few cases in history where the C.E.O. steps down and is also the founder and reports to someone and that works. Evan Williams
History Few Down Think Someone Cases Steps Also Reports Where Works Founder
Where you are defines what you're interested in. Evan Williams
You Defines Where Interested
I've done a lot of stupid things, but in most cases I can't complain about the outcomes. Evan Williams
Stupid Complain Outcomes About Cases Most Lot Done Things
Unfortunately, 'climate' has become a dirty word - obviously in politics, but even to some degree in my world, in venture capital. People hesitate if they see something that's purported to be green. That's not a reason to invest for many people. Evan Williams
Politics People World Word Degree Become Hesitate See Some Something Dirty Invest Obviously Venture Venture Capital Climate Green Unfortunately Capital Reason Many Even

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