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Mar 2025
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#800: Ev Williams — The Art of Pivoting ...

Tim Ferriss: Bestselling Author, Human Guinea Pig
About this episode

Ev Williams is the co-founder of Mozi, a new social network that helps you connect in person with the people you care about. Over the past 25 years, Ev has co-founded several companies that have helped shape the modern internet—including Blogger, Medium, and Twitter. This episode was recorded live at Diggnation, where digg.com was relaunched. Go to digg.com and sign up to get early access when invites go out.

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