Dick Costolo

Operator, Advisor, Investor

Dick Costolo is a prominent technology entrepreneur and investor with a distinguished career in the tech industry. He is currently the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of 01 Advisors, a San Francisco-based venture capital investment firm.2 3

Professional Background

Costolo is best known for serving as the CEO of Twitter from 2010 to 2015, where he significantly grew the company's revenue from $0 to $1.5 billion annually.4 Prior to Twitter, he had an impressive entrepreneurial journey:

Co-Founder of FeedBurner, which was acquired by Google in 20073
Group Product Manager at Google3
Co-Founder of Burning Door Networked Media and Spyonit.com3

Current Ventures and Achievements

At 01 Advisors, Costolo focuses on venture capital investments in consumer and technology sectors, with an investment range of $2.0M - $15.0M.1 His investment portfolio includes companies like Attio, Linear, and BuildOps.1

Notable Recognitions

Named one of the 10 Most Influential US Tech CEOs by Time Magazine3
Recognized as one of Silicon Valley's Most Impressive CEOs by Business Insider3
Appointed to the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee by President Obama3

Personal Background

Costolo holds a B.S. in Computer and Communication Science from the University of Michigan and has an interesting background in improv comedy. He currently resides in Marin County and is also a consultant for the HBO series "Silicon Valley".4

Highlights

Nov 28 · Mashable

Bluesky has growing pains. Heres what it can learn from X/Twitter

Oct 9 · twitter

Had a great time doing this and leave it to @karrisaarinen and the thoughtful team at @linear to put something like it together. Separately, to this day, i have zero self-awareness that i move around this much when i speak. It's really distracting. Let's chalk it up to enthusiasm.

Sep 27 · twitter

Random: When @nikesharora took over as CEO of Palo Alto Networks, i remember thinking "head of sales business guy taking over a deep tech company in a space with lots of existing competitors and new entrants. Good luck!" ...Stock is up 5x since he became CEO and they've aggressively kept pace in the rapidly evolving Cloud, Application, and Network cybersecurity landscape with internal development and M&A. Impressive

Aug 28 · signal.nfx.com

Dick Costolo's Investing Profile - 01 Advisors Managing Partner

Feb 26 · Business Insider

01 Advisors Investor Dick Costolo Talks the New Startup Funding Frenzy - Business Insider