Dick Costolo is the current CEO of Twitter and was its former COO. He took over as CEO from Evan Williams in October 2010. Read full biography of Dick Costolo →
The way you build trust with your people is by being forthright and clear with them from day one. You may think people are fooled when you tell them... →
When you're doing what you love to do, you become resilient. You create a habit of taking chances on yourself. If you do what's expected of... →
As a leader, you need to care deeply, deeply about your people while not worrying or really even caring about what they think about you. Managing by... →
Authenticity is absolutely the key to a great tweet.
I was in Shanghai recently, where Twitter is blocked, and yet there were ads and billboards across town with hashtags on them.
If there's ever an example of the importance of making bold bets and focusing on what you love, it's Twitter.
Not only can you not plan the impact you're going to have, you often won't recognize it even while you're having it.
One of the things that I think I do well as a CEO is that I'm present. When I'm with my employees, I'm there in the moment.
People have Plato's form in their mind of what a leader is, or what a C.E.O. is, and it is a bunch of elements that I really don't conform to... →
I think that content posted to Twitter is distributed to more platforms, services, sites, online and offline than any other services out there. Would... →
I try to spend a lot of time with people outside my direct reports. The view from the top is totally distorted. If you only spend time with your... →
One of the great things about Silicon Valley is, irrespective of how competitive you might be with another company or how closely you might be... →
One of the things that amazes me about Twitter is the way it utterly eradicates artificial barriers to communication. Things like status, geopolitics... →
Dick Costolo is the current CEO of Twitter and was its former COO. He took over as CEO from Evan Williams in October 2010.