Jack Dorsey

  • 2000 BCE

    2000

    started company were he sold his dispatched software through the web
    Later Dorsey came up with idea that would combine the idea of a dispatch software with the ease of instant messaging.
  • 200 BCE

    2000

    Pitched the idea to an organization called Odeo Dorsey said,”'What if you could share your status with all your friends really easily, so they know what you're doing?”
  • Dorsey and Stone

    Dorsey, Stone and Odeo co-founder Evan Williams started a company called Obvious which later evolved into Twitter.Within 2 weeks Dorsey created a site where users can post status updates that were up to 140 characters long, known as tweets.
  • 2006

    On March 21, 2006, Jack Dorsey posted the world's first tweet: "just setting up my twttr." Dorsey was named the company's chief executive officer
  • 2008

    October 2008 Co-founder Evan Williams replaced Dorsey with Dorsey staying on top as company chairman
  • 2010

    In 2010, Twitter had more than 105 million users who together tweeted some 55 million times a day.