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September 1, 2020July 19, 2026byThe Smart Reader Staff

The idea of Twitter started with me working in dispatch since I was 15 years old, where taxi cabs or firetrucks would broadcast where they were and what they were doing.

Jack Dorsey, cofounder and CEO, Twitter

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