Publisher Description
Biz Stone, the co-founder of Twitter, discusses the power of creativity and how to harness it, through stories from his remarkable life and career.
Things a Little Bird Told Me
From GQ‘s “Nerd of the Year” to one of Time‘s most influential people in the world, Biz Stone represents different things to different people. But he is known to all as the creative, effervescent, funny, charmingly positive and remarkably savvy co-founder of Twitter-the social media platform that singlehandedly changed the way the world works. Now, Biz tells fascinating, pivotal, and personal stories from his early life and his careers at Google and Twitter, sharing his knowledge about the nature and importance of ingenuity today. In Biz’s world:
Opportunity can be manufactured
Great work comes from abandoning a linear way of thinking
Creativity never runs out
Asking questions is free
Empathy is core to personal and global success
In this book, Biz also addresses failure, the value of vulnerability, ambition, and corporate culture. Whether seeking behind-the-scenes stories, advice, or wisdom and principles from one of the most successful businessmen of the new century, Things a Little Bird Told Me will satisfy every reader.
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“This
is the breezily written story of how an Internet genius founded Twitter
and other game-changing communication tools by massaging his rebellious
attitudes, thinking big, and learning to respect and empathize with
others. Jonathan Davis’ easy reading, full of emotional liveliness,
makes this book sound like an off-the-cuff talk with many entertaining
asides…This inspiring listening experience should be essential
listening for anyone struggling to do some good in the world with
creative ideas.”—
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