Twitter CEO Dick Costolo's UMichigan Commencement Speech Starts With A Tweet

Dick Costolo, CEO of Twitter and a University of Michigan alum, delivered the school’s 2013 commencement speech this past weekend – beginning with, of course, a tweet.

Before starting his keynote, Costolo snapped a photo of the 5,000 students assembled for graduation, tweeting it to his more than one million Twitter followers.

A few highlights from his remarks:

• “You have to figure out what you love to do, what you have conviction about and go do that.”

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