The promoted tweet is a real tweet that a company may have sent out that they want more distribution for. They will… — Evan Williams Business Copy Share Image
The vast majority of things are distractions, and very few really matter to your success. — Evan Williams Distraction Copy Share Image
I've done a lot of stupid things, but in most cases I can't complain about the outcomes. — Evan Williams About Copy Share Image
'What is Twitter?' has always been a tough question to answer. — Evan Williams Always Copy Share Image
Our problem wasn’t that it blew up and was impossible to scale, but there were some bad choices made. One of the… — Evan Williams Bad choices Copy Share Image
I've always had a tendency to be much more optimistic about people than I should be. I'd like to be a little… — Evan Williams About Copy Share Image
There's something about just hanging around when it comes to success on the Internet. — Evan Williams About Copy Share Image
I think Twitter will be a fundamental part of how people interact with their government. — Evan Williams Fundamental Copy Share Image
Every time you start a company - and I've started five or six - you have the opportunity to screw up in… — Evan Williams Business Copy Share Image
I like to think of the world as a sort of a casino, except the house doesn't have the advantage. If you're… — Evan Williams Advantage Copy Share Image
When you’re obsessing about one thing, you can reach insights about how to solve hard problems. If you have too many things… — Evan Williams Brilliant Copy Share Image
Failure of your company is not failure in life. Failure in your relationships is. — Evan Williams Balance Copy Share Image
I believe that companies that are independent are more competitive, ultimately. — Evan Williams Believe Copy Share Image
Anything I've done that really worked happened because, either by sheer will or a lack of options, I was incredibly focused on… — Evan Williams Anything Copy Share Image
I mistrust anyone... if they're saying, 'Well, that market wants this,' and you're not part of that market. — Evan Williams Anyone Copy Share Image
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… — Evan Williams Also Copy Share Image
After high school, I enrolled at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, but I stayed only a year and a half. I… — Evan Williams After Copy Share Image
Google started out when the dot-com boom was happening. It grew under the radar of big companies that were competing in but… — Evan Williams Able Copy Share Image
User experience is everything. It always has been, but it's undervalued and underinvested in. If you don't know user-centered design, study it.… — Evan Williams Boards Copy Share Image
In the best cases, Twitter makes people smarter and faster and more efficient. — Evan Williams Best Copy Share Image
While GeoCities isn't cool, it isn't a bad thing. It did a great thing - enabled great people to instantly publish to… — Evan Williams Bad Copy Share Image
