Book · 2013 · Twitter (Firm)
Hatching Twitter
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It's a page turner.
What they say about it
- Focuses on early company drama“all of the drama and the leadership issues”2
The best things said about it
Just read Nick Bilton's book. You know, I was so naive. Nick Bilton who was my old colleague when we were both at the New York Times together wrote a book called Hatching Twitter about all of the drama and the leadership issues in the early days of Twitter.
And it's also weird that Nick you've written like hatching Twitter wasn't the most favorable towards like Jack dorsy and some of these guys you guys all have the same flavor of crazy though you know what I mean.
Hatching Twitter that was about the sort of dawn of Twitter looking at the company where it is now.
I had to talk to all these different people to kind of pin it together.
Nick Bilton My First Million · Feb 2025 Where and when it comes up
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How it comes up
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Why people recommend it
Hatching Twitter by Nick Bilton provides a dramatic behind-the-scenes account of the conflicts, leadership struggles, and early founding days of the popular social media platform. On The Diary Of A CEO, Casey Neistat credited the book with helping him determine his next steps while isolated in New York City, explaining that reading it inspired him to launch his own technology company despite having no prior experience. On My First Million, hosts Shaan Puri and Sam Parr spoke with Nick Bilton about his career covering Silicon Valley, with Parr noting that the book offered an unflattering portrayal of Jack Dorsey and other co-founders. Bilton discussed his intensive research process, recounting how he pieced together conflicting accounts, sat with the founders, and even shared sensitive information about behind-the-scenes rivalries with Evan Williams. Additionally, Rich Roll referenced the book on his podcast when discussing how social media platforms and their limited-character formats have ultimately deranged modern society. On the Big Technology Podcast, Vivian Schiller mentioned reading Bilton's work before joining the company, recalling how naive she was regarding the severe leadership issues plaguing the early platform. Across these discussions, the book is remembered as a revealing cautionary tale about the turbulent intersection of ambition, technology, and corporate governance.
Every mention
Casey Neistat My pregnant wife was alone in New York City hating me cuz I abandoned her. And I read this book. And all I… 1
“My pregnant wife was alone in New York City hating me cuz I abandoned her. And I read this book. And all I knew is that when I was there I wanted to figure out what to do next. And the magic of Hatching Twitter By the way, Nick Bilton has since become a good friend. But the magic of”
Nick Bilton and I wrote the Twitter book which which we can talk about and this incredible backstories to that that um… 3
“and I wrote the Twitter book which which we can talk about and this incredible backstories to that that um and uh of people trying to kill the project and so on and so forth”
“And that happened with the Twitter book I remember sitting with all the founders and there was a moment where I told Evan Williams something that had happened be behind his back”
“because what really happens is and as I say in hatching Twitter and and no one knew this I was like I had to talk to all these different people to kind of pin it together”
Gilbert Cruz one more word about the subject of your own book hatching Twitter that was about the sort of dawn of Twitte… 1
“one more word about the subject of your own book hatching Twitter that was about the sort of dawn of Twitter looking at the company where it is now”
Rich Roll and yet it's so convenient and helpful in the short term uh and entertaining in the way that uh in an advan… 1
“and yet it's so convenient and helpful in the short term uh and entertaining in the way that uh in an advanced way in comparison to Twitter and 140 characters allowed us to kind of be lulled into this world of social media that you know I think it's pretty clear to everybody right now has deranged us in in”
Sam Parr and it's also weird that Nick you've written like hatching Twitter wasn't the most favorable towards like J… 1
“and it's also weird that Nick you've written like hatching Twitter wasn't the most favorable towards like Jack dorsy and some of these guys you guys all have the same flavor of crazy though you know what I mean”
Shaan Puri it's a it's a page Turner and the author Nick Bilton not only wrote that but he wrote hatching Twitter and… 1
“it's a it's a page Turner and the author Nick Bilton not only wrote that but he wrote hatching Twitter and a bunch of other stuff”
Vivian Schiller Just read Nick Bilton's book. You know, I was so naive. Nick Bilton who was my old colleague when we were b… 1
“Just read Nick Bilton's book. You know, I was so naive. Nick Bilton who was my old colleague when we were both at the New York Times together wrote a book called Hatching Twitter about all of the drama and the leadership issues in the early days of Twitter”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
Other mentions (4: passing, ad reads, own books)
“I mean I wrote the book on Twitter and one of the greatest quotes someone gave me was um the greatest brand sorry the greatest product that Jack Dorsey ever made was Jack Dorsey and I think that sums up a lot of these people in Silicon Valley.”
“And I think that, you know, like Jack Dorsey is a perfect example because Jack, if you as I researched with the book, um he changed the story of how Twitter was founded hundreds of times quite literally.”
“And um and it's what's crazy is you know I wrote in hatching Twitter this was a white box on a screen that you could type 140 characters into.”
“Nick Bilton is a special correspondent for Vanity Fair and the author of hatching Twitter”