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▶ 56:53 · $STRIPE · Twitter Ex-CEO Dick Costolo: The Operator's Case Against Founder Mode
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Twitter Ex-CEO Dick Costolo: The Operator's Case Against Founder Mode

2026-05-07 · 2 company · 4 thematic
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dick costolo

Sold FeedBurner to Google; joined Twitter as COO then CEO, scaling it through hypergrowth and IPO. Known for operational discipline, improv comedy background, and management philosophy emphasizing velocity, direct feedback, and bias to action.

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“I think the Collison brothers at Stripe are the rare combination of really really widely read and and and and polymaths and understand have a broad perspective on humanity and biology and the human condition and it and our and our forthrig…”
—dick costolo

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