Dick Costolo
11 statements across 2 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Dick Costolo · said 3 times in 3 episodes since 2019 · across every show →
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Jan 2, 2019
Costolo: CEOs can operate in wartime and peacetime simultaneously across departments
“Yeah, sometimes you're both at the same time inside the company, right? With, I remember there were times at Twitter where, with the sales team, I could focus on All right, this is really good. This engine's really working. It's going well. Let's focus on, you…”
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Costolo: Veterans understand team alignment better than 95% of Valley managers
“If I had to summarize Ben's management course, it's make sure everybody understands what you understand, and people coming in from the military have that perspective much more deeply ingrained in them than 95% of people who are in management roles in Silicon V…”
Jan 2, 2019
Costolo: Leading to please your board creates misery and failure
“If you don't have that attitude about it, you're just going to be, you know, then you're just going to be miserable, and you're not going to be able to lead, because you're going to be constantly thinking, well, what would the board be happy if I do, right? An…”
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Costolo: Military veterans ignore media noise like mean Business Insider posts
“I know they're gonna come in, they're gonna be mentally tough, they're gonna work their ass off, and they'll be, like, not distracted by, like, Nonsense, like, oh, there's a bad, mean blog post about us in Business Insider.”
Jan 2, 2019
Costolo told Twitter's board he would leave peacefully without severance if asked
“I mean, I had the exact same conversation with my board many times, you know, long before the IPO. Like, hey, listen, when it comes time for, don't ever have any conversation behind my back about it. Just come tell me you're not the guy anymore, and I'll, like…”
Jan 2, 2019
Jan 2, 2019 neutral
Jan 2, 2019
Costolo: Leaders must correct mistakes quickly rather than try preventing them
“It's not your job as a leader to prevent mistakes from happening. It's your job as leader to correct mistakes as quickly as you can when they happen. If you try to lead by preventing mistakes from happening, nobody's going to friggin' take any chances, and the…”
Jan 2, 2019
Jan 2, 2019
Dick Costolo worked as unpaid technical consultant on HBO's Silicon Valley
“I contacted the HBO folks who were doing the TV show Silicon Valley and said, hey, I want to come work on Silicon Valley, and the CEO of HBO, Richard Pepler, said, well, we need a, like, technical consultant, but, like, we can't, like, pay you to do it. And I …”
Jan 2, 2019