Evan Williams, every mention
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Verbatim, from the transcripts: the passages where Evan Williams comes up
How two straight guys bought Grindr and made $2B
- ▶ 57:13 Jeff Bonforte I didn't walk away from my meetings with Ev and Jack and Biz and those guys and say, Jack's the guy.
We talk to the guy who knows Silicon Valley’s darkest secrets
- ▶ 20:36 Nick Bilton I remember sitting with all the founders and there was a moment where I told Evan Williams something that had happened behind his back that I thought he knew about and he had no idea.
- ▶ 25:08 Nick Bilton Uh, to build the website or be the CEO, like, and he couldn't get the job, and he was at a coffee shop, and Evan Williams walks in, and he'd read an article about Evan, and he just felt like it was a sign, which it probably was. 9 times in the scene
- ▶ 32:03 Nick Bilton Ev gave him something, and he had to live off that and whatnot.
Kevin Rose: His $100M/Year Watch Blog, Money From Digg.com, & Web3 Business (#382)
- ▶ 6:05 Kevin Rose You know, Jack Dorsey's and Evan Williams and Zuckerberg's and all of the household names that became these big products, and they were just friends. 2 times in the scene
Billionaire Marc Lore on What He Would Build Today and Future of Ecommerce | My First Million #186
- ▶ 1:03:08 Shaan Puri Um, Ev Williams before Twitter, you know, he had Blogger and, you know, that was a good win, but, you know, went for more.
MFM #167: Answering Your Questions On Investments, Businesses and Life
- ▶ 15:05 Shaan Puri I thought I was pretty inspired by was he, you know, he bet on somebody who he believed in, which was Ev Williams, when he started what became Twitter.