In the 32nd episode of Cartoon Avatars former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo discusses his time at Second City with greats like Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, and Steve Carrell, successfully managing and running Twitter as a non-founder, and trying to buy Instagram.
(0:00) Intro
(0:58) Mark Cuban canceled
(4:08) The editing room
(6:07) Logan’s engagement
(9:22) Welcome Dick Costolo
(13:54) Dick’s time at Second City
(28:16) After Second City
(32:44) Why Twitter is a unique challenge
(35:06) Treating all Twitter accounts equally
(40:09) Social Media Regulation
(42:06) Twitter monetization
(44:06) Trying to buy Instagram
(48:37) Social media platform Saturn
(52:01) Expectation setting
(57:10) Leading a company you didn’t found
(59:53) Role vs identity
(1:02:15) Bill Campbell’s mentorship
(1:07:57) Letting people go
(1:12:47) Successful managing
(1:15:42) Marxist vs Darwinian management
(1:19:13) Assume best intentions
(1:24:40) Getting unfollowed by Elon Musk
(1:30:31) Rapid fire
(1:35:14) Outro
Mixed and edited: Justin Hrabovsky
Produced: Andrew Nadeau and Rashad Assir
Executive Producer: Josh Machiz
Music: Griff Lawson
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A Saturday morning podcast hosted by Logan Bartlett (Partner and Managing Director at Redpoint Ventures) covering the tech news with his friends and other people with industry expertise.