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Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal
by Nick Bilton
May 9, 2017 - May 9, 2017 (read/silicon-valley-etc)

Bilton, N. (2013). Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal. Portfolio Hardcover.


Portfolio Hardcover, 2013. 299 pages. Hardcover. 9781591846017

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p.30
ovate »
having an oval outline or ovoid shape, like an egg
p.287
You're Jack Dorsey?
"I might be able to do something about that," Dic…
p.279
Snoop Dogg visits Twitter
In a matter of minutes, the cafeteria had become …
p.265
Task #1: undermine CEO, consolidate power
Kris, Ev's assistant, had been asked to go throug…
p.245
doing a fucking great job
[...] He held his weekly meetings with Campbell, …
p.137
an unfortunate reply-all
First thing in the morning, his coffee cup still …

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START

oct 4, 2010 - Ev (currently CEO) has to announce that he's stepping down as CEO (though not leaving the company yet)

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START

oct 4, 2010 - Ev (currently CEO) has to announce that he's stepping down as CEO (though not leaving the company yet)

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FOUNDERS

how it all began: Ev (who taught himself how to code) sold Blogger to Google for a ridiculous sum and thus became Silicon Valley-famous; Noah recognised him as his neighbour and gets Ev to invest in Odeo, which turns out to be a bittersweet decision because Ev later takes his CEO role from him; Jack cold emails Ev and snags a job at Odeo that way; Biz quits Google to join his old boss' (Ev's) new startup

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FOUNDERS

how it all began: Ev (who taught himself how to code) sold Blogger to Google for a ridiculous sum and thus became Silicon Valley-famous; Noah recognised him as his neighbour and gets Ev to invest in Odeo, which turns out to be a bittersweet decision because Ev later takes his CEO role from him; Jack cold emails Ev and snags a job at Odeo that way; Biz quits Google to join his old boss' (Ev's) new startup

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NOAH

Twitter begins as a side project within Odeo; at the same time, the Odeo executive team is falling apart, and Noah ends up resigning from the company he created (partly because of an ultimatum from Jack)

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NOAH

Twitter begins as a side project within Odeo; at the same time, the Odeo executive team is falling apart, and Noah ends up resigning from the company he created (partly because of an ultimatum from Jack)

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JACK

Twitter starts growing; Jack (now CEO) and Ev start growing apart, due to their fundamentally different views for what Twitter is; Jack gets fired and considers defecting to Facebook

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JACK

Twitter starts growing; Jack (now CEO) and Ev start growing apart, due to their fundamentally different views for what Twitter is; Jack gets fired and considers defecting to Facebook

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EV

Ev is now CEO; Jack is now running Square; Jack pretends he's still part of the company and takes over the media, to the irritation of the actual Twitter executives; Ev hires his friend Dick as COO; the board decides Dick would be a better CEO (at least until Jack comes back)

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EV

Ev is now CEO; Jack is now running Square; Jack pretends he's still part of the company and takes over the media, to the irritation of the actual Twitter executives; Ev hires his friend Dick as COO; the board decides Dick would be a better CEO (at least until Jack comes back)

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DICK

short section with vignettes illustrating life at Twitter under Dick's reign (the book was published 2013 so unfortunately it doesn't have any details on how Jack came back)

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DICK

short section with vignettes illustrating life at Twitter under Dick's reign (the book was published 2013 so unfortunately it doesn't have any details on how Jack came back)

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