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Dick Costolo. Scott Beaudoin Brian Ly ITMG330. Background of Twitter. The Founding of Twitter: a Twist Noah Glass founds Odeo Evan Williams invests in Odeo Moves to office, and Williams becomes CEO. Itunes launches podcast platform Noah Glass and Jack Dorsey come up with Twitter.
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Dick Costolo Scott Beaudoin Brian Ly ITMG330
Background of Twitter The Founding of Twitter: a Twist • Noah Glass founds Odeo • Evan Williams invests in Odeo • Moves to office, and Williams becomes CEO. • Itunes launches podcast platform • Noah Glass and Jack Dorsey come up with Twitter. • While Evan Williams is CEO, he fires Noah Glass
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Dick Costolo • Dick Costolo was born on September 10, 1963 • Graduated from University of Michigan with Bachelors in Computer and Communication Sciences • Work History • Andersen Consulting • Burning Door Networked Media • SpyOnIt • FeedBurner • joined Google • joined Twitter • became CEO in 2010
Board of Directors • Evan Williams • Director since 2007 • Advisor of Typekit, Inc. • Current CEO of Medium • CEO of Pyra Labs Evan Williams says, “that all successful businesspeople make enemies along the way." Jack Dorsey • Director since 2007 • CEO of Twitter in 2007-08 • Co-foundSquare Inc. • CEO & Director of Square, Inc. • Independent Director forthe Walt Disney Company
Interesting Facts • Improv Comedy • Caught spamming at Feedburner • Almost didn’t join Twitter • Cocky attitude - First Tweet • \
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Twitter Events • Vine • January 2013 • Video-Sharing app • 6 second limit • 40 million registered users • Twitter becomes more Visual • October 2013 • Photos and videos can be previewed in a tweet. • Increase retweets by 150%
Sources • https://investor.twitterinc.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=823321 • https://about.twitter.com/milestones • http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=TWTR • http://www.businessinsider.com/how-twitter-was-founded-2011-4?page=5 • http://thenextweb.com/socialmedia/2010/10/04/5-things-you-didnt-know-about-twitters-new-ceo/#!ADkpu • http://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthof/2013/09/09/twitter-ceo-dick-costolo-tells-how-to-lead-with-two-simple-rules/ • http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=4549439&privcapId=23553202&previousCapId=35962803&previousTitle=Twitter,%20Inc. • http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=83968070&ticker=TWTR