'Re/code Decode': Former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo Is Starting a New Company in the Spring

What’s next for former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo, who stepped down in July?

In an interview with Kara Swisher on the latest episode of “Re/code Decode,” Costolo said he’s already got the wheels turning on a new company that will bring software into an under-technologized area.

“I don’t want to do something that I feel like I’ve done before,” he said. “I want to do something in a different space.”

Costolo also opined on his replacement at Twitter, Jack Dorsey; the appeal of HBO’s “Silicon Valley,” on which he has served as a consultant; and the continuing problem of gender diversity for many tech companies, including Twitter, and why progress seems to happen at such a glacial pace.

“A lot of men pay lip service to diversity without really doing anything about it,” Costolo said. “The real work is in developing female leaders inside these companies.”

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And if you like what you hear on “Re/code Decode,” you should check out “Re/code Replay,” an archive of audio content from our events and interviews by Kara Swisher, Walt Mossberg, Peter Kafka, Ina Fried and more.

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This article originally appeared on Recode.net.

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