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" Twitter wasn't planned. It just happened. "

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" People already love to play casual games. But when you take a casual game and stick it inside a social network, it becomes way more exciting. "

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" Building product is not about having a large team to manage. It is about having a small team with the right people on it. "

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" So many folks in the venture capital business are sheep that just want to follow the herd. They are momentum investors purchasing highly illiquid investments. That is a recipe for disaster. "