Craig Newmark Quotes

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• I had one simple idea about telling friends about arts and technology events. People in the community suggested everything else to us, and that's our…
• I need to make an okay living. The people who work for us need to. But after you make a comfortable living, how much more…
• I feel that one of the best things a person can do for another is to create a job. So you do OK commercially, and…
• We don't think of ourselves as do-gooders or altruists. It's just that somehow we're trying our best to be run with some sense of moral…
• There's no genius behind it. It's persistence and listening to people.
• We don't have much in the way of a business strategy. Like no business plan. Which I say to torment all my friends who are…
• I look at what the phone company does and do the opposite.
• People everywhere have the same needs and values. They need a place to live and a job. Beyond that, they may need to sell stuff…
• Sometimes a slow gradual approach does more good than a large gesture.
• I don't expect to be a ‘leader’ with this thing. I'd rather be a builder. I'd like to build a way for people doing good…
• In business, there are times when you disagree, and sometimes it turns out that you're just plain wrong. Humor takes away tension and helps you…
• From the very beginning, I was involved in talking to people, listening to people. And it hasn't stopped. The idea was that people send me…
• Follow through with basic values, and remember to provide good customer service.
• I admit that when I think of the money one could make from all this, I get a little twinge. But I'm pretty happy with…
• We are a very open, very democratic site, which means we get all sorts of people. We do get some bad guys who are a…
• Treat people like you want to be treated; live and let live; and also give the other person a break now and then.
• I am committed to doing customer service for Craigslist for the rest of my life. The exit strategy is death.
• What works on the net works for people in general. The net has very little to do with technology, what matters is how people use…
• Finding a good cause is incredibly hard and time-consuming,
• I want to help accelerate the evolution of the press because right now, newsrooms are cutting investigative journalists, and we need investigative journalists.

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