Author: Evan Williams

Quotes

Every time you start a company - and I've started five or six - you have the opportunity to screw up in whole new ways.

Every time you start a company - and I've started five or six - you have the opportunity to screw up in whole new ways.

- Evan Williams

There's something about just hanging around when it comes to success on the Internet.

There's something about just hanging around when it comes to success on the Internet.

- Evan Williams

My life has been a series of well-orchestrated accidents; I've always suffered from hallucinogenic optimism.

My life has been a series of well-orchestrated accidents; I've always suffered from hallucinogenic optimism.

- Evan Williams

After high school, I enrolled at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, but I stayed only a year and a half. I felt college was a waste of time; I wanted to start working.

After high school, I enrolled at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, but I stayed only a year and a half. I felt college was a waste of time; I wanted to start working.

- Evan Williams

Blogging and traditional media work together. Twitter complements traditional media.

Blogging and traditional media work together. Twitter complements traditional media.

- Evan Williams

I'm not a big-company guy. I need freedom and control.

I'm not a big-company guy. I need freedom and control.

- Evan Williams

What the Internet is great at is building networks.

What the Internet is great at is building networks.

- Evan Williams

I was broke for more than 10 years. I remember staying up all night one night at my first company and looking in couch cushions the next morning for some change to buy coffee.

I was broke for more than 10 years. I remember staying up all night one night at my first company and looking in couch cushions the next morning for some change to buy coffee.

- Evan Williams

I had a blog for many years. Once you develop your readership on your blog, and you can put something out there or direct traffic or get attention - it's like a super power.

I had a blog for many years. Once you develop your readership on your blog, and you can put something out there or direct traffic or get attention - it's like a super power.

- Evan Williams

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