Dick Costolo, CEO of Twitter

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    1. johnsimmons  02/04/2013 05:50 PM Report

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    2. MikeD  10/11/2012 03:48 PM Report

      Enjoyed the interview.

      I liked the differentiation on "Courage" and "focus"

      The barnacles and agility mention was memorable.

      Mike

    3. vongleichent  09/30/2012 10:12 AM Report

      I would include myself as a consumer versus someone who just tweets.

    4. blank  09/22/2012 12:51 AM Report

      http://thecreatorsproject.com/blog/a-human-pixel-screen-using-the-windows-in-a-buildings-facade

      i want to learn french and get swiss citizenship

    5. blank  09/21/2012 05:56 PM Report

      just let me see the doctor and i'm gone i swear :) i'm in really bad shape i can pull off everything else on my own -- i'm happy about everything

      i'm not going to write anymore i gotta focus i can do alright in a more minor league (if i can get through this)

      don't pay attention to this stuff i don't want to write on here

      i have a crazy long way to go and no time especially to keep going down (it's where i'm at now)

      i'm going into crazy focus state and pushing through down times to get to a better place

      i know i'm not going to get through this without seeing a doctor knowing i can do that i'll be able to get into a focused routine because i'll believe that it's possible and there's a chance

      i've already tried a lot of things on my own in the past and even though it improves things it doesn't get me through it in any substantial way

      though it does help but i feel like i need to put it all together the longer i wait the harder the chances it gets

      so hopefully i'll just trust that i'll be able to see a doctor and just get started for now and focus

      time management go into my mind go into a new state of consciousness and block all distractions out

      like not to get spaced out for long periods of time (but also stay connected and natural to reality and what's going on)

      anyway i'm NOT writing on here anymore

      i don't have anybody else i can go to because i'm not functioning in the world i just need to get through this first and slowly integrate the best i can hopefully (i'm not so much worried about that in long term more just being able to get through this)

      SO that's my case i'm blocking everything out (if i put focus into the reality that i live in and the literal physical space around me- wherever i am and my self i'll eventually succeed but i can't pull off the doctor thing like that i've exhausted all resources any potential way of doing it would take so much prior just to get there and the condition i'm in is preventing me from being able to do that)

      that's my case i'm retiring from this :) there's nothing to worry about even so nobody would suspect anything (and i'm cool with everything there's a lot that's out of my control i'm not stressing it it's just how life is)

      i feel like the doctor is a crucial part it's impossible otherwise and even if it doesn't work just to know i have all resources gives me motivation to put everything together stay focused in the immediate reality and time and really try

      so i'm just assuming that and i'll try to go forward with plan :)

      also these sandals are actually pretty cool i'm probably going to get a pair (but i'm going to return the ones i have right now and get a different pair)

    6. blank  09/21/2012 09:20 AM Report

      ppppphhhhhssssssshhhhhh

    7. blank  09/21/2012 08:05 AM Report

      sorry got a little carried away was trying on chaco sandals

    8. blank  09/20/2012 11:20 PM Report

      http://www.chacos.com/US/en/Rechaco-Landing

    9. blank  09/20/2012 08:51 PM Report

      i'm happy i just want everybody to be happy :) i have a long way to go to get back into life (i'm sorry for everything i said - i didn't mean it (: ) things will work out if i just get through some obstacles and focus (i feel relaxed and calm) - i have so many problems i have to work through it's going to take me a while so i might as well just start over at that point - when i get more to a better place with myself - everything will be cool (i ran an experiment on myself and it didn't work out that great - everybody i know who went through this it turned out really well - i swear on everything that's the truth - don't worry about anything it'll be cool) - i just got overly stressed out about physically what was happening to me and not being able to focus and feeling trapped in a downward spiral - so don't blame me i'm not mentally sound but it's not anything serious)

      i feel like i crashed this world and i'm down to start in a new world if i could just somehow get through this physical situation so i could go into it with a standing chance :)

      so i'll just try to focus for now

    10. blank  09/20/2012 09:33 AM Report

      hey i reported the post i posted below for deletion i'm exhausted i started biking 4 days ago i need to focus on that and seeing a doctor thanks (sort of delusional <- me - videos i don't know why i included them i just happened to add at end while searching for education but i need to be able to see the doctor! message not necessary as posted anymore for now)

    11. SharkswithfrikingLazers  09/20/2012 04:12 AM Report

      Jack Dorsey kinda got screwed by Twitter according to Bloomberg but not to worry. In July Bloomberg says he became a billionaire:

      http://www.bloomberg.com/video/jack-dorsey-now-a-billionaire-KiDlbOACS5Oiy15wFlZm5Q.html

      Not bad for a guy whose three guiding principles, which are shared by the whole company and through its culture, are simplicity, constraint and craftsmanship.[16] (But apparently not revenue.)

    12. SharkswithfrikingLazers  09/20/2012 03:56 AM Report

      Charlie, you asked about FeedBurner and kind of left us hanging.

      $100M sold from about $10M invested all to measure an audience. (Oh S&P 500 why do you fail me so?)

      Charlie, perhaps you need their services:

      http://support.google.com/feedburner/answer/78948?hl=en

    13. Gelles  09/19/2012 08:37 PM Report

      Twitter is about as lousy an experience I have ever had on the Internet. They stink in spades.

    14. Gelles  09/19/2012 07:45 PM Report

      Can I follow "ideas" instead of "authors". I heard it is possible. I will try. The idea is "Ending scarcity and poverty -- NOW". I will be back with an opinion on the correct answer to the question.

    15. blank  09/19/2012 04:55 PM Report

      i might not be the best writer but you should be able to discern the general message and idea try to read it slowly and go through it a couple of times to understand what you're reading :) this is an important message

      the jaw on my right is the joint it's all crushed and is messed up it's collapsed in and it hurts like crazy then my jaw on both sides therefore is not aligned and it puts pressure and extreme pain in my ears and creates this loud screeching sounds every time i move it but it's always there and getting worse and s=worse and the joint is deteriorating drastically this also creates pain that spreads all through my face and my head if i pushed the right joint apart so it's not crushed in and scraping it puts it in a better position so if i put my finger on the right side of my mouth between my teeth it holds it in better place then i have to always keep it like that have good posture and always stay calm and relaxed which is very complex and comprehensive this doctor which i've known about since 2007 specifically treats this problem by creating custom top and bottom mouth pieces to properly align your bite and fix the joint which you wear all of the time including eating but meanwhile the joint is completely deteriorated more and more all the doctors said once the cartilage is gone you can't fix and that you can wear it out and that all the damage to the sensors in my ears which create these screeching sounds the pressure constantly creates these screeching sounds and more and more new screeching sounds and each one comes and goes and as it comes and goes it becomes permanent and it keeps happening like that and then more painful screeching sounds that come and go and then become permanent not to mention the extreme pain and the deteriorated joint which i've shown in the example articles people have been on their death beds over this and it wasn't even remotely as severe you're obviously not reading or haven't read anything i've said this entire time you just make me read all this stuff about trivia literally year after year after year and you do zero nothing ever how can you listen to what i'm saying and do nothing literally for three years when i did everything you asked gave my address offered every scenario that's what blows my mind i show you the doctor i need to see explain over and over literally year after year after year as it gets worse and worse

      so anyway since there's some extreme rule that you can't ever communicate or ever be seen in my presence since it would literally break the fundamental law of nature and the world just set it up asap so i can see the doctor

      this is your plan: first you say trust me s.o.s. just watch this for three years and then you say see i made you hate me so that you have the OPTION of whether or not you want help or not and i killed you in the meanwhile too

      that plan doesn't work go with my plan which is right above it

      i told you two and a half years ago i didn't have time to wait for you to go through the mental psychosis in your mind so just let me see the doctor in the meanwhile that this was extremely critical and look now it's two and a half years later and things are at least 5 times worse i can't even dream of getting back to that

      i'm stuck with hate over this for the rest of my life there's nothing anymore just do this so i can not go through life wanting to kill you i might still - depending on how much torture it is - with help but that's the best bet i don't know how else to explain

      why don't you \ call the doctor up and say call this patient and bill me (the first appointment costs $200) - i was hoping that you would have wanted to be around somebody wanted to be somebody's friend and offered to help i gave you my address i told you to show up i tried to talk to you i tried not to focus on this i did everything i never stalled i was always there and you were always gone at some point you have to face the facts - or ask what insurance they take and see if that would be cheaper

      maybe after i go through everything if it helps i won't be so mad (because right now every time i think about you i just think of killing you on the spot immediately)

      like life could be happy and enjoyable and funny and interesting everything and that's all gone that's like some distant memory of some other life it seems like that's not important to you but it's my actual life there's nothing imaginary about it it's what i'm going through i don't see how you can donate somebody else's life to the cause of what? forcing them to just inferiorly stumble through everything unable to think in torture that you can't comprehend and be messed up

      this is the problem with the golden rule i think and what is wrong with religion in general because you don't want to see a doctor to fix this problem that you don't have so it doesn't occur to you that i actually do want to see a doctor

      ? (Positive form of Golden Rule): One should treat others as one would like others to treat oneself.[1]

      ? (Negative form of Golden Rule): One should not treat others in ways that one would not like to be treated.

      see i'm not sadomasochistic like you suicidal i didn't want to lose my life and die (and i don't even think that's what you want to do either -obviously not - it's just a dream fairytale act that you put on and believe your own lies where as you actually literally force that reality onto others)

      i'm just asking you to do something that has no measurable effect on you that possibly could save somebody else's life because you stole that person's life

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiOB2imismM&feature=related (there's no problems i'm asking for help to see a doctor)

      https://www.edx.org

    16. MabelDodge  09/19/2012 03:58 PM Report

      I would have given my eye teeth to work for someone like Dick Costolo. Might he have time to use twitter to educate business leaders why being thoughtful and articulate is necessary for successful leadership? And it all starts with being genuine.

    17. ShalomFreedman  09/19/2012 02:40 PM Report

      Charlie Rose and this guy go on about the achievement of the 'Arab spring', this as Islamic fanatics are burning the American flag throughout the Middle East.

      I may well be wrong but 'the product' seems to me as does its CEO, inane.

    18. ntnyc  09/19/2012 02:22 PM Report

      this was a great interview! thanks (again) charlie for introducing me to a fascinating mind. costolo gives me great hope for the leaders of the new version of "big business" in america.

    19. REMant  09/19/2012 11:56 AM Report

      I think Facebook and Twitter will end up occupying much the same territory, and they will have rivals. Not that I ever expect to use them. Nor do I care to follow anyone. Question is how to make money off it. I would say their future depends on this more than anything else, and is why Google, Apple and Amazon are sitting pretty. Bezos no less than Jobs saw the value in using the technology to sell content. Issue is how much social media contribute to mob behavior. The judicial system has already shown an interest in this aspect.

      According to MSNBC, if I read it right, although Romney has gotten a lot fewer mentions than Obama, they are more positive by a wide margin, suggesting the conclusion that ppl would rather trash things, when given the opportunity, than "like" them, which may impact commercial interest. I doubt too whether the kind of ppl advertisers would like to reach really have time for this kind of stuff.