IT MUST BE JELLY BECAUSE JARGON DON’T SHAKE

“Once I realized what it was, I realized Jelly was really kind of a productization of my own personality, because I really enjoy helping people.”

Twitter cofounder Biz Stone, riffing on his new jam, Bloomberg West, 21 January 2014

THE VENTURE-BACKED VOMITORIUM

“I sent a text to Ev the day that we closed the [Google] deal, and I said, ‘I’m going to throw up. He texted back, ‘I know.'”

Charmingly indiscreet Twitter cofounder Biz Stone, on the indigestibly obscene amounts of money his company has been taking in, Technology Review, March/April 2010

MOST PEOPLE WOULD JUST SCALE A TREE

“We are getting to a great place with scaling so we can get ahead of this tsunami.”

Twitter cofounder Biz Stone, on the blogging service’s tendency to get overwhelmed by users’ 140-character updates, CNET News, 12 September 2008