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7 years, 10 months ago

Task #1: undermine CEO, consolidate power

Kris, Ev's assistant, had been asked to go through Dick's tweets, highlighting any that could be perceived as controversial. As she scrolled through his thousands of 140-character updates, she stopped midscreen and rolled her eyes as she called people over to look at the message he had jokingly sen…

—p.265 Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal EV (159) by Nick Bilton
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doing a fucking great job archive/silicon-jest

[...] He held his weekly meetings with Campbell, receiving his boisterous pep talk. "You're doing a fucking great job!" Campbell would bellow. At board meetings Campbell wuld appear to listen to Ev's presentations on the state of the company. After Ev's sermons were done, the coach would clap loudl…

—p.245 EV (159) by Nick Bilton
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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 JACK (81) by Nick Bilton
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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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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