"Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success."
"Investors are employees you can never hire. We made sure to pick investors that thought like us."
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Source: Startup School: Stone, Williams on how they co-founded Twitter. venturebeat.com. October 24, 2009.
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