HIGH POINT, N.C., April 6, 2016 – The UNC-TV network will broadcast the premiere presentation of “High Point University Presents: A Conversation with Biz Stone and Nido R. Qubein” at 6 p.m. on April 10.
“You are young and successful, and I want our students to know that the art of the possible is for all,” Qubein said during his conversation with Stone, co-founder of Twitter.
“I always say, if I had to offer just one piece of advice, it’s to have an emotional investment,” Stone responded. “If you’re emotionally invested, love what you’re doing and want to see it in the world, you don’t hear the criticism about what you’re doing… It becomes like water off a duck’s back.”
A progenitor of social media, Stone has been developing large-scale systems that facilitate the open exchange of information for more than 15 years. Today, he is co-founder and CEO of Jelly Industries – known for Super.me, a service for expressing emphatic statements that become small works of art
Stone has been honored with the International Center for Journalism Innovation Award; Inc. Magazine named him “Entrepreneur of the Decade”; TIME listed him as one of the “100 Most Influential People in the World”; and GQ named him “Nerd of the Year.” In 2014, The Economist recognized Stone with its annual Innovation Award. In 2015, Stone’s Twitter won an Emmy.
Stone is a Fellow at Oxford University, a filmmaker, and an author. His recent book is titled, “Things A Little Bird Told Me.” Having started out as an artist, Stone stresses creativity, learning from mistakes, and celebrating the triumph of humanity with a little help from technology. Stone lives near San Francisco with his wife Livia and son Jacob.