EP 32: Former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo Talks About His Time at Second City, Running Twitter, and Missing Out on Instagram

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Inariht: Bill campbell was a mentor of yours, who i've always been fascinated by. He coached steve jobbs and eric schmidt and larry and surgey - you probably know the list better than i do at this point. Inariht: Don't tell people what to do; just give them ownership for everything. And then everyone, because that's one of the things when i switched, i was at aa buteke investment bank,. When i switched over to v c, and like, suddenly i was funnier and smarter and like, more entertaining.

In the 32nd episode of Cartoon Avatars former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo discusses his time at Second City with greats like Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, and Steve Carrell, successfully managing and running Twitter as a non-founder, and trying to buy Instagram.

(0:00) Intro

(0:58) Mark Cuban canceled

(4:08) The editing room

(6:07) Logan’s engagement

(9:22) Welcome Dick Costolo

(13:54) Dick’s time at Second City

(28:16) After Second City

(32:44) Why Twitter is a unique challenge

(35:06) Treating all Twitter accounts equally

(40:09) Social Media Regulation

(42:06) Twitter monetization

(44:06) Trying to buy Instagram

(48:37) Social media platform Saturn

(52:01) Expectation setting

(57:10) Leading a company you didn’t found

(59:53) Role vs identity

(1:02:15) Bill Campbell’s mentorship

(1:07:57) Letting people go

(1:12:47) Successful managing

(1:15:42) Marxist vs Darwinian management

(1:19:13) Assume best intentions

(1:24:40) Getting unfollowed by Elon Musk

(1:30:31) Rapid fire

(1:35:14) Outro

Mixed and edited: Justin Hrabovsky

Produced: Andrew Nadeau and Rashad Assir

Executive Producer: Josh Machiz

Music: Griff Lawson

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