“We call them VIT’s internally, Very Important Tweeters. It’s cute; we’re all about being adorable and cute.”
Twitter CEO Dick Costolo, on how the company coddles celebrities who post messages on the information network, Bits, 25 July 2012
TOO CUTE FOR CHARACTERS
July 26, 2012FAME IS TWEETING
July 11, 2012“So when Gabriel joined the company, it was like ‘Your job: no dying birds on national magazine covers. See if you can clear that low bar.’”
Twitter CEO Dick Costolo, on the easy job he’s handed new PR chief Gabriel Stricker, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2012
INSERT “PATH TO PROFITABILITY” JOKE HERE
June 4, 2012“We’re thinking about this and obviously have ideas about profitability. Right now we’re staying focused on the product.”
Path CEO Dave Morin, displaying a blithe disregard for such pedestrian matters as actually running his startup as a business, CNBC, 4 June 2012
A PATENT-LICENSING OFFER YOU CAN’T REFUSE
May 29, 2012“We usually send manufacturers a big file, with photos of the guts of their products, pointing to where they’ve been using our technology without paying for it. Once those images have sunk in, we can start negotiating.”
Technicolor lawyer Beatrix de Russe, on the horse’s-head approach to intellectual-property enforcement, Bloomberg, 28 May 2012
THE FEELING IS MUTUAL
May 27, 2012“It doesn’t need to go out over the Internet and I’m not a big fan of websites.”
Fox News chief Roger Ailes, on not allowing video of a recent speech to be posted online, JimRomenesko.com, 27 May 2012
