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Read previewA former top lieutenant at Elon Musk's Twitter says she's working for Mark Zuckerberg at Meta now. AdvertisementBesides lauding "the exceptional quality of the people" working at Meta, Crawford said she was attracted by Zuckerberg's "vision and intensity." Crawford's latest career move could be an indicator of big moves Zuckerberg may be making in his bid to vanquish Musk's X. "I do plan to keep using both X and Threads," she said in an email to BI on Monday. Representatives for Meta and X didn't immediately respond to requests for comment from BI sent outside regular business hours.
Persons: , Mark Zuckerberg, I've, Esther Crawford, Crawford, he's, Zuckerberg, Elon Musk's, Elon, Musk's, hasn't, X didn't Organizations: Service, Elon, Twitter, Meta, Business, BI
At one point, Elon Musk might have seemed like a great candidate to buy TikTok. Turns out my boss Henry Blodget is suggesting we all band together to rustle up the money to buy TikTok. You might recall Elon Musk from 2022. And that Elon Musk would be a great candidate to buy the US operations of TikTok. The sales pitch would be simple: Elon Musk.
Persons: Elon, , Steven Mnuchin, doesn't, Bobby Kotick, Sam Altman, Henry Blodget, Henry, didn't, Joe Biden, ByteDance, that's, Steve Mnuchin, — Elon, Elon Musk, Guy Who, Esther Crawford, Musk, he's Organizations: Service, Activision, Street, Yahoo, Twitter, Elon Locations: TikTok, ByteDance
Elon Musk's chaotic takeover of Twitter was enabled by Jack Dorsey's hands-off leadership style. AdvertisementThe world has been able to watch the chaos that ensued after Elon Musk bought Twitter, more or less in real time. AdvertisementI talked to Wagner about Twitter under Jack Dorsey, and Twitter and Musk, and what happens next. Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey quiet quitsPeter Kafka: What was your sense of Jack Dorsey before you got into this project? I think Elliott forced his hand on that front and made the job really, really un-fun for him.
Persons: Elon, Jack Dorsey's, Kurt Wagner, Musk, , Elon Musk, Jack Dorsey, Kurt Wagner's, Wagner, Dorsey, Peter Kafka, He's, That's, it's, Elliott, Covid, Jack, JOSH EDELSON, he'd, Twitter, Antonio Masiello, , There's, they've, Esther Crawford, I'm Organizations: Twitter, Service, Elon, Bloomberg, Elliott Management, San, Getty, Journal Locations: San Francisco
Musk's former lieutenant was told her job was to "help take care of him," a new book said. A member of Musk's entourage spoke to Esther Crawford after she met Musk, per "Breaking Twitter." A Boring Company staffer told Crawford that "Elon is a very special guy," the book said. AdvertisementAdvertisementElon Musk's former lieutenant Esther Crawford was told that she needed to protect and look after the owner of X, formerly Twitter, a book said. In a video posted to X in July, Crawford said Musk was "living in an echo chamber" surrounded by "yes men."
Persons: Esther Crawford, Musk, Crawford, Elon, , Elon Musk's, Ben Mezrich, Jehn Balajadia, Balajadia, she'd Organizations: Boring Company, Service, Twitter, Balajadia
A former exec at X, previously Twitter, says Elon Musk was at times more impulsive than she expected. Ella Irwin told NBC News there was "more emotion behind his decisions" than she anticipated. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementAdvertisementA former exec at X, previously known as Twitter, says there was at least one element of working with owner Elon Musk that surprised her. AdvertisementAdvertisementWhen asked to give X CEO Linda Yaccarino advice about working with Musk, Yoel Roth, Irwin's predecessor, said, "You should be worried.
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Twitter acquired Squad, a screen sharing app, in 2020. Twitter acquired Squad at the end of 2020, in a cash and stock deal worth $36 million, Sutin said. The other founder of the app is Esther Crawford, who became a director at Twitter after the acquisition. Squad's rise in popularity "caught the attention" of Twitter, according to the lawsuit, and it was acquired not long after. As soon as Musk officially acquired Twitter, he ousted its entire C-suite including Agrawal.
Persons: Ethan Sutin, Esther Crawford, Sutin, he's, Elon Musk, Crawford, Musk, Parag Agrawal, Twitter's, Agrawal, Kayvon Keykpour, curt, Kali Hays Organizations: Twitter, Musk, Agrawal Locations: San Francisco, khays@insider.com, @hayskali
Esther Crawford said she had a "totally bonkers exit" from mud that stranded many at Burning Man. The ex-Twitter director said despite the rain the event was "exactly what I needed." Crawford went viral last year for sleeping at Twitter's headquarters amid Elon Musk's takeover. Organizers at Burning Man began letting attendees leave the site on Monday afternoon after it told festivalgoers to shelter in place and conserve resources following flooding in the desert. Crawford said on Instagram that she attends the event every year because its "full of extremes" that forge deep relationships.
Persons: Esther Crawford, Crawford, Elon Musk's, Mark Zuckerberg, Sergey Brin, Kimbal Organizations: Elon, Service, Twitter, Man, Black Rock City Locations: Wall, Silicon, Black Rock
Esther Crawford said she slept at Twitter's office because Elon Musk gave her a "nearly impossible deadline." The ex-Twitter exec went viral for sleeping on the floor in the office shortly after Musk took over. Former Twitter exec Esther Crawford said she slept on the office floor because Elon Musk gave her a "nearly impossible deadline." Musk himself is no stranger to sleeping in the office, and some other Twitter workers did the same as they scrambled to keep their jobs. Working at Twitter after the acquisition "was like playing life at Level 10 on Hard Mode," Crawford said in Wednesday's post.
Persons: Esther Crawford, Elon Musk, Musk, bootlicker, Crawford, Tweet Organizations: Elon, Twitter, Morning, Twitter's San Locations: Twitter's, Twitter's San Francisco, Wednesday's
Elon Musk is willing to "burn so much down" and lives inside an "echo chamber," a former top Twitter lieutenant wrote in a lengthy post Wednesday on Musk's social media network, which alternated between defending and criticizing the billionaire. It was a sharp critique of a man who Crawford had publicly supported during her time at Twitter. Crawford oversaw the relaunch of Twitter Blue, one of Musk's early and hotly debated decisions at the company. But the initial rollout of Twitter Blue was full of turmoil, complete with impersonation issues, stacked verification badges and suspended launch in some areas. "This may really irritate the internet but you cannot pigeonhole me into some radical position of either loving or hating every change that's occurred," Crawford wrote.
Persons: Elon Musk, Esther Crawford, Crawford, Musk Organizations: Twitter, SpaceX, Tesla, CNBC Locations: Elon, California
Ex-Twitter director Esther Crawford said Elon Musk is "oddly charming and he's genuinely funny." Crawford broke down her experience with Musk at Twitter in a 14-minute video on Wednesday. Elon Musk isn't just a jokester on Twitter — at least according to one of his former lieutenants at the social media company. "In person Elon is oddly charming and he's genuinely funny," Esther Crawford, the ex-director of product management at Twitter, said in a 14-minute video on X. Despite his sense of humor, Crawford said the billionaire's personality could "turn on a dime" and could be hard to predict.
Persons: Esther Crawford, Elon Musk, Crawford, Musk, Elon, Tim Cook, Jeff Bezos, Musk's Organizations: Twitter, Amazon
Former Twitter lieutenant Esther Crawford warned Elon Musk is surrounded by "yes men." Esther Crawford, Elon Musk's former lieutenant at Twitter, voiced some of her concerns with the billionaire's leadership at the social media company in 14-minute video on Wednesday. Musk has been known to work with close friends across his companies and has even been criticized for having his close friends and brother on Tesla's board in the past. "Instead he'd poll Twitter, ask a friend, or even ask his biographer for product advice," Crawford wrote. Last year, venture capitalist and early Twitter investor Chris Sacca warned Musk needed to surround himself with more people that would challenge him.
Persons: Esther Crawford, Elon, Crawford, Musk, Elon Musk's, David Sacks, Steve Davis, Elon Musk, Clive Mason, Chris Sacca, Sacca Organizations: Twitter, Boring Company Locations: Elon
Former Elon Musk lieutenant Esther Crawford posted a 14-minute video about her experience. The former director said Twitter was "squandering its own potential" before Musk took over. Before Musk took over, Crawford said she was "shocked by how old and bespoke the infrastructure" and it was "nearly impossible to fire poor performers." The former lieutenant said everything shifted when the billionaire took the company private in October. The Twitter director worked at the company for more than two years after it acquired her startup, Squad, in 2020, according to her LinkedIn page.
Persons: Elon Musk, Esther Crawford, Twitter, Musk, Elon Musk's, Crawford, she'd Organizations: Elon, Twitter
Elon Musk's grand ambition for X: Make it the place you manage finances and make payments. The billionaire said X users would be able to conduct their "entire financial world" on the app. The shake-up comes as Musk aims to see off a threat from Mark Zuckerberg's Threads. Elon Musk is preparing to transform X, formerly known as Twitter, into a social-media service where users can manage their "entire financial world" as part of his vision for an "everything app." Musk added that in the months to come, new features would be added to X that would give users "the ability to conduct your entire financial world."
Persons: Elon Musk's, Mark Zuckerberg's, Elon Musk, It's, Musk, Twitter, Esther Crawford, Mark Zuckerberg
Crawford was a top lieutenant to Musk and slept at Twitter's HQ before she was laid off. "Corporate seppuku: destroying your own product or brand," Crawford posted on X — formerly Twitter — on Sunday. Crawford was an early supporter of Musk when he took over the social media company. The Twitter manager worked at the company for over two years after it acquired her startup, Squad, in 2020, according to her LinkedIn page. Musk has long had an affinity for the letter "X" and has talked of creating an X "everything app" in the past.
Persons: Esther Crawford, Crawford, Elon Musk's, Musk, Jack Dorsey Organizations: Elon, Twitter, Morning, Fidelity
Even Twitter employees apparently can't resist signing up for Meta's hot new app Threads. According to an analysis by The Daily Beast, at least 31 Twitter staffers signed up to Threads. Former Twitter employees have also been turning up on the new platform. Even Twitter employees apparently can't resist signing up for Meta's hot new app Threads. The publication selected a random sample of 133 Twitter employees identified by their LinkedIn pages and matched them to corresponding Threads accounts.
Persons: Esther Crawford, Crawford, Mark Zuckerberg's jibes, Linda Yaccarino Organizations: Daily, Twitter, Elon
Twitter staff nicknamed a Tesla exec "the Elon whisperer" because of his ability to read Elon Musk's mood. Omead Afshar, the Tesla exec, joined Twitter late last year, according to the Financial Times. Omead Afshar, who once led Tesla's Gigafactory in Austin, joined Twitter last year and is part of Elon Musk's tight inner circle, according to the Financial Times. Afshar has been helping Musk with "the biggest, stickiest issues at the company," according to the report. According to The Information, Musk's company is at least $70 million behind on a five-year contract it signed with Amazon Web Services in 2020.
A former Twitter executive said she's taking a vacation just weeks after she was laid off. Esther Crawford was one of Elon Musk's top lieutenants and went viral for sleeping at the office. The Twitter executive worked at the company for over two years after it acquired her startup, Squad, in 2020, according to her LinkedIn page. Crawford isn't the only former Twitter executive to take off on vacation after the widespread layoffs. Still, it's unclear whether Twitter's severance pay is as cushy as that of other tech companies for all those laid off.
Ex-Twitter manager Esther Crawford tweeted "cruelty is the worst" in an apparent dig at Elon Musk. She was seen as one of Musk's most loyal workers. Musk had publicly clashed with Haraldur Thorleifsson, a former Twitter director, on Monday. After Thorleifsson tweeted that he was unsure of his employment status, noting that he had been locked out of company systems, Musk accused him of using his disability as an "excuse" to do "no actual work." Crawford tweeted on Tuesday that "cruelty is the worst," without providing further context.
Matthew McConaughey's Salesforce gig
  + stars: | 2023-03-04 | by ( Hallam Bullock | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Hallam Bullock here, reporting from London — and yes, Matthew McConaughey is on my mind. Salesforce has reportedly been paying McConaughey $10 million a year to act as a "creative adviser." Robyn Phelps/InsiderProgrammers are thrilled about AI tools like ChatGPT. Read why programmers are pumped about the rise of AI tools. Larry Lundstrom spends about 40 to 60 hours a week as a pastor, but on the side, he uses AI tools like ChatGPT to make pitch decks for businesses.
About half of the 20 people who reported to Elon Musk after his takeover have left Twitter. Musk has hired some new people, including engineers who may be working on an AI project. Elon Musk's Twitter is ruled by chaos. None have been directly replaced, the people familiar said, although Musk has also hired some new people from outside his companies. Below is a complete list of who Musk set as his direct reports, including those who have already left the company.
Junior Twitter employees have been left in charge of areas they haven't worked on before, per NYT. Twitter's workforce is about a quarter of the size that it was before Elon Musk took over. That means Twitter now has less staff than the 2,700 it had when it went public in 2013. Twitter staff changes also mean it is without a permanent head of global infrastructure, the Times reported, after Musk's chosen replacement — a Tesla engineer — resigned in January. Nearly a thousand users also reported problems with Twitter during the Super Bowl halftime show.
Elon Musk fired four Twitter managers who were previously on a "do not fire" list, per Platformer. The managers, including Esther Crawford, worked at Twitter for just over two years, per LinkedIn. Twitter fired the four senior staffers over the weekend, the report said. The layoffs impacted a range of roles, including product managers, data scientists, and engineers, per Platformer. After the news broke about her job cut, Crawford tweeted that had no regrets about going "all-in on Twitter 2.0."
The Boring Company's boss called Twitter managers last week to ask about staff performance, Platformer reports. Twitter then cut at least 200 employees on Saturday night, including four high-ranking managers. Davis is a longstanding ally of Twitter owner Elon Musk, and has helped cut costs since his takeover. Steve Davis, a long-term associate of Musk, has been working with Twitter for the past few months to help cut costs at Musk's request. These managers later learned on Saturday that at least 200 employees were being laid off, including product managers, data scientists, and engineers.
The Google Chat service used by Twitter staff was disabled last week, The Verge reported. Musk reportedly cut at least 200 Twitter employees including multiple engineers, product team members, and director of product management Esther Crawford. Platformer's Zoë Schiffer tweeted on Monday that Twitter was bringing its Slack service back but old channels were being archived. During previous layoffs, Twitter workers flooded Slack with farewell messages. Twitter's total headcount is estimated to be below 2,000, down from 7,500 before Musk took over, The Verge reported citing current and former employees.
A laid-off Twitter exec said people who are afraid of criticism should stay "small and invisible." Esther Crawford had become known for her commitment to Elon Musk's "Twitter 2.0." During her time at Twitter, Crawford was seen as an embodiment of Musk's "hardcore" work culture. "If you can't take being publicly dunked on then be sure to avoid taking any risks and stay away from all leadership roles," Crawford tweeted. Stay small and invisible and most of all, be silent and afraid of what others think."
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