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My life has been a series of well-orchestrated accidents; I've always suffered from hallucinogenic optimism.

~Evan Williams

Topics: Accidents Always Been Life My Life Optimism Series Suffered

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There's something about just hanging around when it comes to success on the Internet.

~Evan Williams

Topics: About Around Hanging Internet Just Something Success

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What the Internet is great at is building networks.

~Evan Williams

Topics: Building Great Internet Networks

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Anything I've done that really worked happened because, either by sheer will or a lack of options, I was incredibly focused on one problem.

~Evan Williams

Topics: Anything Because Done Either Focused Happened Incredibly Lack Options Problem Really Sheer Will Worked

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Google started out when the dot-com boom was happening. It grew under the radar of big companies that were competing in but basically ignoring search. Then they were able to really invest during the bust for a long time.

~Evan Williams

Topics: Able Basically Big Big Companies Boom Bust Companies Competing Google Grew Happening Ignoring Invest Long Long Time Out Radar Really Search Started Then Time Were

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I had a blog for many years. Once you develop your readership on your blog, and you can put something out there or direct traffic or get attention - it's like a super power.

~Evan Williams

Topics: Attention Blog Develop Direct Get Had Like Many Once Out Power Put Readership Something Super Traffic Years You Your

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Every time you start a company - and I've started five or six - you have the opportunity to screw up in whole new ways.

~Evan Williams

Topics: Company Every Every Time Five New New Ways Opportunity Screw Six Start Started Time Up Ways Whole You

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I tried to be a ski bum when I stepped away from Twitter, and I wasn't a very good skier.

~Evan Williams

Topics: Away Bum Good Ski Skier Stepped Tried Twitter Very I Tried

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I mistrust anyone... if they're saying, 'Well, that market wants this,' and you're not part of that market.

~Evan Williams

Topics: Anyone Market Mistrust Part Saying Wants Well You

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People want to do good things, they just need a prod sometimes, and what Twitter and other technologies that connect people are showing us is that if you make it a little easier for people then you will enable them to do what they want to do, to help people out, to form groups and do good.

~Evan Williams

Topics: Connect Easier Enable Form Good Good Things Groups Help Help People Just Little Make Need Other Out People Prod Showing Sometimes Technologies Them Then Things Twitter Us Want Will You

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Businessman

Born: March 31st, 1972

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