It's worth checking out the NYT piece on the rise of Twitter and the role Dorsey played. His rise to fame was a tumultuous one and while he is no doubt a talented individual he is credited with more than he actually created. It will be interesting to see how his influence develops and shapes Disney's future.<p><i>"Ideas rarely, if ever, come from the mind of a single person, but those who go down in lore as visionaries take credit for them as if they do. Dorsey seemed to understand this intrinsically, too.”</i><p><i>"By this point, many Twitter investors believed what Dorsey had been telling the media for the past two years. More important, they knew the public did. He could be an effective public face of Twitter as Costolo managed the operations. The board was grateful for the $25 million that Costolo arranged in deals with Microsoft and Google, and he had a good rapport with Twitter employees. A pact between all of the investors was formed. By late September, Costolo was told that he had been picked to be interim C.E.O. Williams was out. Dorsey was back in."</i><p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/13/magazine/all-is-fair-in-love-and-twitter.html?_r=0&pagewanted=all" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/13/magazine/all-is-fair-in-lo...</a>
Kudos to him.<p>I'm not bitter or upset but I'm thinking: Why can't <i>I</i> think of stuff people want? Maybe I don't know how to listen? He's a human, just like me, but I can't do anything. Maybe asking this question is a first signal of failure, or at least that I'm of a wrong mindset, that separates a good entrepreneur, whom wouldn't ask that question and just go do it, from people like me.<p>If his WP page is accurate, it's not like he didn't have startups that didn't work out but he still made it.
I personally find a lot of inspiration visiting the Disney Family Museum here in SF (<a href="http://www.waltdisney.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.waltdisney.org/</a>). Whenever I feel like I need a bit of a kick to see how a man can go against all odds to realize his dreams, I visit the museum. It may be dull to some, but the quotes alone make it worthwhile.<p>I find I might owe to Disney and his product some of the push I have. It may pay off for some of you to take a visit.