Jack Dorsey Beginnings in 1 minute
How did Jack Dorsey start his success?Part of a series of short 1-minute documentaries on successful entrepreneurs or companies
Jack Dorsey was born on November 19, 1976, and raised in St-Louis, Missouri.
By Age 14, Jack Dorsey became interested in dispatching routing. Some parts of the open-source software he created are still used by taxicab.
1995, Jack Dorsey enrolled at the University of Missouri-Rola.
1997 Jack Dorsey transferred to New York University, to drop out two years later, one semester short of graduating
2000, Jack Dorsey moved to Oakland, California, starting his first company, continue building on dispatching couriers, taxis and emergency services from the web.
July 2000, inspired in part by Live Journal and AOL Instant Messenger, he got the idea for a Web-based real-time status/short message communication service. What we now know as Twitter
Twitter officially launched on Mars 21, 2006
2010, Jack Dorsey launched along with co-founder Jim McKelvey, launched Square, a small business platform to accept debit and credit card payments on a mobile device
Jack Dorsey aspires the become the mayor of New York City and advises a chapter of Tim Ferriss's book Tools of Titans.