Evan Williams

4 statements across 4 episodes · 3 bullish · 0 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Jun 1, 2015 by Jason Calacanis · said 37 times in 13 episodes since 2015 · across every show →

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Jun 1, 2015 bullish
Insight
Calacanis: Serial Founders Peak on Their Third or Fourth Startup
“People on their third, fourth swing at bat can do really well, whether it's Evan Williams with Twitter. He did he did Odeo and then blogger before that, but Twitter obviously was his third time up at bat. So I love founders when they're at the third time at ba…”
Jason Calacanis Jun 1, 2015 ▶ 5:13 Jason Calacanis: The World's Greatest Angel Investor
Oct 12, 2020 positive
What-if
Twitter would not exist as a company without co-founder Evan Williams
“Evan basically made the company what it is. Without Evan, there would be no Twitter as a company.”
George Zachary Oct 12, 2020 ▶ 33:40 20VC: CRV's George Zachary on His Relationship To Money and How it has Changed Over Time, Why The Best Founders Have Often Experienced Parental or Home Instability and The Stories Behind Investing in Unicorns; PillPack, Yammer and Udacity
Oct 11, 2021
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Evan Williams interviewed wealthy people for tips before earning his fortune
“When Evan Williams saw that he was going to make some money, he went out and started interviewing rich people and asking them for tips.”
Chris Sacca Oct 11, 2021 ▶ 13:50 20VC: Chris Sacca on Coming Out of Retirement To Unf**k The Planet with Lowercarbon, How Chris Evaluates His Relationship To Money Today, Why We Have Bred a Generation of Ass**** Kids, Do VCs Provide Any Real Value and The True Unfiltered Opinion on Faceb
Jan 20, 2022 positive
Disclosure
Chris Sacca's second angel investment was a $25,000 check into Twitter
“My second investment was Twitter, and that one was funny because Evan Williams was, I'd already been working with the company and helping him out, but Evan went and circled up investors for the round, and he's like, hey, I've got you down for 25 K, 25 K, good,…”
Chris Sacca Jan 20, 2022 ▶ 1:57 Chris Sacca's True Unfiltered Opinion on Facebook and Softbank | Full Interview · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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