The Ev William Story That Every Online Entrepreneur Should Read
How the founder of Medium went from college dropout to self-made billionaire
Blogger, Twitter, Medium — if you have either been blogging or micro-blogging, you’d have used at least one of these platforms at some point in your creator journey. What might surprise you is that the founder of all three platforms is the same person — Ev Williams. Yes, all three platforms.
These platforms have given voice to millions of bloggers like me and billion others who wish to express their ideas, thoughts and opinions.
Some may wonder — isn’t Jack Dorsey the founder of Twitter? Well, he is not the only founder of Twitter. In fact, Twitter was founded by four people — Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone, Evan Williams, and Noah Glass. Twitter's story is just as interesting as the platform itself.
But this is not about Twitter’s evolution, it is Ev’s story that I want to highlight. He is a self-made billionaire who started with humble beginnings. He grew up in a tiny village named Clarks in Nebraska. He moved to San Francisco to pursue his entrepreneurial dreams. Before the pandemic hit, he planned to move to New York, but after a short six-month stay, he returned to the bay area. There’s so much about his journey in the last twenty years…
