>Nassim Taleb summed this up for me: “3,000 years ago people were doing math on tablets. Now…people are doing math on tablets.”
>If something withstands the test of time, use it. Every leader learns from the past. Every leader uses the past as his filter to figure out what will succeed in the future.
I don't know if I can come up with a worse quote to prove that point even if I tried.
This just isn't true. Every once in a while you see a student trying one out, but the technology isn't there. People do math with notebooks and pencils.
This would be a great publicity stunt for Snoop and then he would move on after 3 months. See the documentary Snooplion[1] where he used the Reggae community[2].
He used the Rastafarian community specifically (rastafarians != reggae). Snoop probably got involved with them and realized that it's a pretty fundamentalist mystic offshoot of Christianity. Sure, they smoke a lot of weed, but there's a dogma there as well that is harder to swallow.
Hell yeah Snoop should run Twitter. Honestly, what's the worst he could do? Twitter owns scale but their vision has been woefully lacking for years. And I bet with a figure like Snoop in charge people would be more engaged with the direction of the company than if it's just another wealthy tech bro nobody east of Sacramento's ever heard of.
Honestly, it's not as crazy as it sounds. Twitter is a platform that people with a public profile use to send broadcast messages. Snoop has an enormous Internet IQ -- it's clear he understands how to use the Internet to get his message out (just look at his Reddit account). Snoop is not a dumb guy, and he has managed to remain relevant for his entire career -- no small feat considering the changes our society has undergone since he broke into the public eye in the early 90s. Even his copious marijuana usage is no longer as illegal as it once was (and let's be real, half the CEOs in the valley smoke on the regular anyway).
Your CEO's main job at a relatively mature company like Twitter is to set the tone for your brand, and Snoop is huge across the entire millennial set (aka Twitter's target demographic). I can actually see a scenario where this happens, and as long as Snoop is willing to learn the business (and from all accounts the guy is a great listener and fast learner), the board could ease him into the role and support him.
This would also be awesome on another level, because then two of the guys who produced "Fuck the Police" would be in senior-level executive positions at major tech companies (Dre is over at Apple).
> And he works well with others, teaming up with Katy Perry to sell one of the best tracks of all time, “California Gurls.”
Interesting song choice considering all of the songs he has worked on with other artists. And saying one of the best tracks of all time is probably a stretch there. This author just sounds like he has a crush on Snoop.
1) Declining active user numbers.
2) They have not improved their product since it's inception.
3) They cannot increase the advertising load by much more, so do not expect a big jump in revenue.
4) Lots of engineering talent has left and more is in the process of leaving.
Meanwhile, the exodus to instagram and snapchat continues.
>If something withstands the test of time, use it. Every leader learns from the past. Every leader uses the past as his filter to figure out what will succeed in the future.
I don't know if I can come up with a worse quote to prove that point even if I tried.