Hatching Twitter A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal

lots of drama in this story. bilton must have done a ton of work uncovering all the little details. jack dorsey definitely gets dragged through the mud but according the facts in here, it's justified.

Quite a pageturner. Wish it wasn't as biased as it was.

I really enjoyed reading about the behind the scenes of Twitter. Would highly recommend.

Quite simply the most exciting story I've heard in a long time.

Listened to this book over a few drives back-and-forth from Arlington to Charlottesville. Great book to listen to, since the chapters are loosely connected, and the story is easy to follow. I originally picked it because I'm interested in the story of Twitter's CEOs (specifically how Jack Dorsey headed Twitter, was forced out, and then brought back in again). I enjoyed the stories of the early days of Blogger and Odio and vicariously experiencing the lifestyle of the small startup CEO. I hadn't heard of Noah Glass, Evan Williams, or Biz Stone, and I'm glad that now I have. I really liked the story of the Twitter executives traveling to Iraq to help teach Iraqi leaders how to use Twitter. Twitter carries a lot of social clout, and it was funny listening to the stories of different actors, celebrities, and politicians interacting with the service. But if you're going to choose this book to understand the story of Jack Dorsey, don't do it. The book was published in 2013 (oops) and ends with Dick Costolo as the CEO. It's a story of the founding (hatching) of Twitter, and is fairly light on the more current details. All and all it's a fun read, tells the backstories of some really interesting people, and a provides a solid origin story for the weird radio startup turned billion-dollar media company.

Thouroughly enjoyable, well researched. Occasionally too cute.

Livro muito bom que fala sobre a criação do Twitter e das suas intrigas... Se fosse para resumir em poucas palavras parece uma novela das 8 que basicamente fala apenas das intrigas e das trocas de CEO da empresa. Gostei do livro, mas esperava mais sobre tecnologia e sobre a companhia em si, mas histórico.

Finished this in 1 summers day. Easy to read, written like a really entertaining, thoroughly researched magazine article

Thoroughly enjoyable story of how Twitter was built. I think I might have enjoyed it even more if it dwelled a bit less in the minutiae of the disputes and and more on though do appreciate that is kind of the premise of the book.

Ev asked his first question to Bill Campbell, a legendar CEO coach, who had mentored Steve Jobs and a long list of other titans during the coaching session: What’s the worst thing I can do as CEO to fuck the company up? Without skipping a beat, Campbell responded: Hire your fucking friends! For more, visit: https://volkanyorulmaz.blogspot.com/2...

Incredible read. One of my favorites of the past year. A must read

Informative and inspiring, I haven't been sucked into a book like this for quite some time now.

If anybody wrote fiction startup drama novels, they would surely be less dramatic than Twitter’s early history. Morals for me: * avoid working with your best friends * egos and power are more important than money – you can repay money, but revenge leads to more aggression * when stakes are high it’s “hunt or be hunted” situation * you can change the world * avoid drama.

Interesting story about the start of Twitter. Focusing on friendship, betrayal and how hiring decisions & fund raising can make/break you.

If you are a tech geek, this is a fun book to read. Incredibly interesting history of back stabbing. I would recommend this book even though the ending is a little flat. (I am sure they will fix that in tens years when they write an update.)

Hatching Twitter follows the rise of Twitter through the lives of its founders and initial employees. As someone how has followed twitter since the beginning, I thought I knew the story but wow was I wrong. It turns out that there was far more power jockeying and boardroom backstabbing than I ever thought. The way this story is told is also rather impressive. Rather than just being a telling of facts, you feel like you’re there with the characters in the rooms as ideas are brainstormed or things go right (or more often wrong). Twitter has played an outsized role in my life. The first startup I worked at where I felt true ownership of my work was a platform to connect Twitter users with advertisers to make money (before promoted Tweets were a thing). I remember going to Twitters first (and only) conference, Chirp, right around when Twitter hit 140 employees. I remember sending out a sponsored tweet manually from a Rails console that someone paid $20k to send. I remember having lunch with coworkers and friends on the floor at a Twitter event while Will.i.am had discussions over us. Twitter holds a number of great memories for me. While this book shed light on some of the darker sides of the company, it also left me feeling how important a part it was (is) for the founders - a feeling I could easily identify with.