Why You've Never Heard of Twitter's Real Creator

The story of Twitter is a tangled web of lies and betrayals. But, it all begins in 2005, with a little start-up called Odeo. Odeo aimed to become the home of podcasting on the internet - a place where users could record and share their audio files. However, Odeo would soon pivot to Twitter, a platform for users to share their statuses online. This decision would set in motion a series of betrayals by the Twitter founders, as they compete for control of running Twitter. This video tells the behind the scenes story of twitter, largely based on the book Hatching Twitter.

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This video covers the INSANE story of Twitter, featuring Evan Williams, Noah Glass and Jack Dorsey (shown as characters from Silicon Valley), from the start of Twitter (& Odeo) until post-IPO.

⌛ Chapters:
00:00 How Twitter Began
02:47 The First Betrayal
06:48 The Second Betrayal
11:00 Trends
11:47 The Third Betrayal
18:00 The Final Chapter

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DISCLAIMER: This video is largely based on the bestselling book, Hatching Twitter. There are multiple sides to every story, and this video should be considered as 'based on a true story', but NOT an exhaustive documentary, since there is some disagreement amongst Twitter's founders over what REALLY happened. You’ll soon see why…

TV Show that's used to represent Jack, Evan & Noah is called Silicon Valley. (Great show!)

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[AwokenEntertainment]

Noah with the "I started this" bio really hit home.. ouch

[cheery-hex]

this is why when you start a business, you have a legal agreement for majority control. Imagine getting fired from your own idea

[MissSpaz]

Why does ANYONE hire friends and family into their businesses? I remember asking my best friend if she could grab me an application for the coffee place she worked at, and she said she'd reccomend me. A couple minutes later I was like, holy hell NEVERMIND. If I fucked up on the job it would reflect badly on my friend, and the work environment could mess with our friendship. I would never involve business with my friendships.

[bevvy.bee]

Brah, so each founder was kicked out by another founder.
That's brutal honestly

[YaBoi_BlackArts]

Damn i hope Noah is holding out ok. I don't know how you can bounce back from having a knife that deep in your back

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[naeshuj]

Evan: I don’t really wanna be your business partner, ”—we’ll ruin our friendship
Also Evan: * immediately starts being a shit friend *

[kjander]

This was seriously storytelling at its best! I stayed on the edge of my seat, eating every word lol. You have to do an update now that Elon bought Twitter for $44 Billion. The payday finally arrived! LOL

[Uber---Octopus_X]

This is insane! I just started an agribusiness. This video has helped me to be more cautious of family & friendship involvement in business. In addition, one should pay attention to the authority dynamics.

[b_e_p_i_s_m_a_n]

In the past I've said Twitter is like chaos incarnate, and after watching this I'm even more convinced of this

[H-Real_]

You truly don't get the appreciation you deserve. That's an understatement.

[Jeremiah.C.J]

1:00 - Friendship and Money
6:05 - Worst things to happen in friendships
6:58 -
12:25 - Isolation from being kicked out
14:50 - Trust
15:50 - Revenge and scheming
17:30 - Betrayal
17:50 - No trusting anyone anymore

[nefwaenre]

i'm just glad Noah left (well, more like fired from his own company). Looking at the dumpsterfire that is Twitter, he dodged a bullet. He's doing well now and is away from this garbage platform.

[jonathandewberry]

If Twitter disappeared overnight then the entire planet would get just a little bit better. We all know that too.

[jaylvly]

After listening to this I felt so bad for Noah 😫 and then I looked him up 😂 why did he make it sound like Noah was this sad lonely recluse who’d lost everything and everyone he loved?

Yes Noah did lose a lot, but when he was fired he was given severance and several shares of Twitter. He chose to sell them. Other high level employees that were laid off were given shares and they kept them and became millionaires. He got more than they did so if he had kept them, he could’ve been a billionaire too. Prior to him getting fired from Twitter, he had also started another company called Olo. When he got fired, he kept an eye on Twitter but he shifted his attention to Olo and is currently still the CEO of that company. Noah is a millionaire. I know being a billionaire would be better, but it’s not like he’s broke and struggling to make ends meet.
He also remarried in 2008 to his current wife Keiko and they had a daughter in 2013.
Does what happened to him suck? Yes absolutely. But he’s more than fine 🤣🤣 he’s CEO of a decently successful company, a millionaire and happily married with a kid.
He played a part in his own demise by trusting Jack and trying to take out Evan. Tough break but I’ll save my sympathy for the many lower level employees who actually got screwed over when Odeo was scrapped.

[marvininer]

I never really liked Twitter. I hated it even more when I first heard about this story. Such an awful company.