Ev Williams
Co-founder of Twitter and Medium
Evan Williams is a co-founder of Twitter and the founder of Medium.
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“Q: What books do you feel are important reading for people on your career path P.A.: Biographies of people who have ‘built skyscrapers’ (my term); for example: Dancing Naked In the Mind Field by Kary Mullis.”
“Focus by Al Reis is a excellent on branding, naming, and marketing.”
“Awesome! Looking forward to hearing this episode. @tom_peters changed my life with his books: In Search of Excellence and The Pursuit of Wow”
“Of all Gladwell's books, "Blink" was my favorite. I struggled with "Outliers" but realized something later about the message he was trying to pass on. It wasn't a template for success. Many people admire the outliers in society and want to be like them without outlier behavior.”
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“BTW, the best Silicon Valley novel ever imho was Microserfs. After you read the book, it programs you to think you're in the book. Amazing how complete the virtuality was.”
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