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This is a personal project by @dellsystem. I built this to help me retain information from the books I'm reading.

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7 years, 6 months ago

an unfortunate reply-all

First thing in the morning, his coffee cup still full next to his computer, and weary from a night without much sleep, Bijan accidentally pressed the "reply to all" button on his computer instead of replying just to Fred.

"I believe Jack would take a 'passive' chairman role," Bijan wrote. "It wo…

—p.137 Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal JACK (81) by Nick Bilton
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7 years, 6 months ago

negotiation in the men's room

The sale had been relatively painless. The initial negotiation between Fred and John Borthwick, an investor who was on Summize's board, occurred while the two were standing next to each other at a bathroom urinal. "Why don't we just join these companies and call it a day?" John said as he peered ov…

—p.131 JACK (81) by Nick Bilton
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7 years, 6 months ago

Jack learns to sew

Ev immediately dropped the gauntlet.

"You can either be a dressmaker or the CEO of Twitter," Ev said. "But you can't be both."

Although Jack worked hard, coming into the office well before anyone else arrived, he often left at around 6:00 P.M. to attend to one of his extracurricular activitie…

—p.121 JACK (81) by Nick Bilton
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Jack the CEO

Although Jack really wanted to learn how to manage, how to run a company, and how to be a good CEO, he often found himself at a loss for what to do next. Although he would never admit it, pretending that he knew exactly what he was doing and that his actions were all part of a bigger, more resolute…

—p.119 JACK (81) by Nick Bilton
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Yahoo!'s acquisition offer

"We should really take the deal," Jack said sarcastically as they all laughed.

The comical tone was interrupted as Ev told them what Bradley had said on the phone: that he believed Yahoo! could easily build the technology behind Twitter, that it was "simply just a messaging service" and "a few e…

—p.112 JACK (81) by Nick Bilton