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Lesson #5: “We’re holding on to the ship with our fingernails”
“I remember Ev going home one weekend and coming back with this genius plan for Odeo, and he asked me to read it,” recalls Stone. “It was this whole plan for how we could make it a successful business. I thought wow this is genius, but then again so is podcasting. Then slept on it. Do we want to be kings of podcasting? We were constantly gut checking.”
Lesson #2: “So what if it’s just fun?”
“We were working at Odeo, but we weren’t as passionate about the podcasting service as we should have been,” recalls Stone. “We weren’t using it, and that was a problem. Twitter got started because Ev gave us some freedom to think along different lines.”
Lesson #1: “Creativity comes from constraint”
When asked whether they had anticipated just how big Twitter would be when they first launched it, Stone replied, “Yeah, we knew Barack Obama was going to use it.” Williams followed with, “I knew I was going to be on Oprah in two years.”

The SMS to Success: Texting Takes Twitter To New Heights
When asked whether they had anticipated just how big Twitter would be when they first launched it, Stone replied, "Yeah, we knew Barack Obama was going to use it." Williams followed with, "I knew I was going to be on Oprah in two years."

Podcast Marketing – How to Promote Your Business Using Podcasts
Podcasting is blogging with audio instead of text. Essentially, you post an MP3 file instead of an article. 5 Reasons Why Podcasts Are Great 1. An increasing number of people are downloading new podcasts every day. 2. Unlike TV, podcast can be played whenever the listener wants. 3. People can listen to them in their cars on their way to work or when they go for a run. You will get their full attention. 4. There is a lot less competition in the podcast market than there is in the article market. 5. Podcasting is a lot easier and less time-consuming than blogging and getting your articles published.

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Lesson #2: “So what if it’s just fun?”
“We were working at Odeo, but we weren’t as passionate about the podcasting service as we should have been,” recalls Stone. “We weren’t using it, and that was a problem. Twitter got started because Ev gave us some freedom to think along different lines.”
Lesson #5: “We’re holding on to the ship with our fingernails”
“I remember Ev going home one weekend and coming back with this genius plan for Odeo, and he asked me to read it,” recalls Stone. “It was this whole plan for how we could make it a successful business. I thought wow this is genius, but then again so is podcasting. Then slept on it. Do we want to be kings of podcasting? We were constantly gut checking.”
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