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" After high school, I enrolled at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, but I stayed only a year and a half. I felt college was a waste of time; I wanted to start working. "
College
High School
Time
" A key element of Web blogs is the community element. Most blogs are not self-contained; they are highly dependent on linking to each other. "
Other
Web
Blogs
" 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. "
Because
Done
Focused
" Blogging and traditional media work together. Twitter complements traditional media. "
Together
Work
Twitter
" Blogging got the concept of personal publishing, but it didn't really take advantage of the network. "
Got
Take Advantage
Take
" Every major communication tool on the Internet has spam and abuse problems. All email services, blogging services and social networks have to dedicate a significant amount of resources and time to fighting abuse and protecting their users. "
Problems
Time
Communication
" 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. "
Long
Google
Time
" 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. "
You
Traffic
Attention
" I like to think of the world as a sort of a casino, except the house doesn't have the advantage. If you're smart, you have an advantage. It behooves you to place a lot of bets. "
House
Think
You
" I'm not a big-company guy. I need freedom and control. "
Control
Need
Guy
" I suspect there's a lot of validity to the premise that big companies aren't going to attract entrepreneurial talent. "
Big
Attract
Going
" I used to tweet about the most mundane things - like 'I just bought a soya latte' - but now I try and make it a bit more interesting. "
More
Like
Now
" I was broke for more than 10 years. I remember staying up all night one night at my first company and looking in couch cushions the next morning for some change to buy coffee. "
Morning
Change
Coffee
" Most of the great businesses of our time have experimented. Like Google. "
Google
Like
Most
" My life has been a series of well-orchestrated accidents; I've always suffered from hallucinogenic optimism. "
Always
My Life
Optimism
" People are fans of Dunkin' Donuts. They have a relationship with the company, they go there every day. Dunkin' Donuts is using Twitter to communicate with those people. There are people who are finding value in that. There's thousands of people, I don't know how many thousands now, following Dunkin' Donuts. "
Relationship
Day
Know
" The only reason Twitter itself would be a fad is if someone comes along and does it better. "
Along
Someone
Reason
" The promoted tweet is a real tweet that a company may have sent out that they want more distribution for. They will buy key words for it. If people are looking for something related, it will show up. "
Key
Company
Looking
" There's something about just hanging around when it comes to success on the Internet. "
Internet
Around
Just
" The things that keep nagging at you are the ones worth exploring. "
Worth
Exploring
Keep
" Twitter is a very easy way to keep in touch. "
Touch
Keep
Easy
" Twitter isn't a social network, it's an information network. "
Network
Twitter
Social
" Twitter was designed to be this system that you just scan for information that's important or useful to you and then walk away, and if you wanna take a break you take a break. "
Important
Walk
Information
" What the Internet is great at is building networks. "
Networks
Building
Great
" When I meet with the founders of a new company, my advice is almost always, 'Do fewer things.' It's true of partnerships, marketing opportunities, anything that's taking up your time. The vast majority of things are distractions, and very few really matter to your success. "
Success
Time
Advice
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