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Jack Dorsey

5 statements across 2 episodes · 0 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement May 6, 2024 by Ev Williams · said 81 times in 6 episodes since 2021 · across every show →

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Everything said about Jack Dorsey, oldest first

May 6, 2024 neutral
Assertion Supported
Jack Dorsey had never been a manager before becoming Twitter's CEO
“Jack went from individual contributor, he had never been a manager, I believe, before he became CEO of this very fast-growing company,”
Ev Williams May 6, 2024 ▶ 56:58 Twitter, Medium and Blogger: Ev Williams
May 6, 2024 neutral
Assertion Supported
Kevin Systrom and Jack Dorsey paired to build Odeo's desktop podcatcher
“We also had Kevin Systrom, founder of Instagram. Was working for us as an intern. So, Kevin and Jack paired to write our, I think our installable podcatcher, as we called them.”
Ev Williams May 6, 2024 ▶ 39:29 Twitter, Medium and Blogger: Ev Williams
May 6, 2024 neutral
Disclosure
Williams claims he did not plan to take over as Twitter CEO
“He was pushed out, and then I became CEO, which It's hard to believe, but it wasn't actually my plan. I still didn't necessarily want to be CEO. And we talked to a few other candidates, but then I was like, okay, maybe I'm the best person to be CEO.”
Ev Williams May 6, 2024 ▶ 58:11 Twitter, Medium and Blogger: Ev Williams
Feb 23, 2026 neutral
Opinion
Jack Dorsey was not a programming genius as a teenager, says McKelvey
“No, he was very good. We called him Jack the Genius. That was his nickname. But, you know, he was not a genius. He was just very good.”
Jim McKelvey Feb 23, 2026 ▶ 26:55 Square: Jim McKelvey. He Lost a $2,000 Sale, Then Built a $10 Billion Company
Feb 23, 2026 negative
Assertion Supported
Early press reports actively erased Twitter founders Jack Dorsey and Noah Glass
“They not only kicked him out of Twitter, they tried to write him out of the history, and I know this very well because I was reading at the time The reports, and they would mention Biz, and they would mention Ev as the founders of Twitter, and they would omit …”
Jim McKelvey Feb 23, 2026 ▶ 31:30 Square: Jim McKelvey. He Lost a $2,000 Sale, Then Built a $10 Billion Company
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