Craig Newmark
Craig Newmark
Craig Alexander Newmarkis an American Internet entrepreneur best known for being the founder of the San Francisco-based international website Craigslist...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth6 December 1952
CityMorristown, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
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All of a sudden one of my guys noticed they were doing this, ... And then after a little reflection, my team started thinking 'how can we do a better job of this?'
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It's a pretty important conference regarding Internet trends, because people are talking a lot about what's really happening. Not just the technology, but what it means for our culture in general.
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This feels particularly good. It reaffirms the confidence I have in people.
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I do think the biggest problem newspapers have is loss of trust, and I feel that's a result of failure to speak truth to power.
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During the bubble, we got distracted by the prospect of big bucks. Now it's much better balanced.
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I started a simple list of what I thought were cool events, arts and technology stuff.
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I remember and know the Bill of Rights. But my instincts tell me to be helpful, and (that attitude) is surprising to a lot of cops who deal with Internet crimes.
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Our sites are run by the people who use them. We just pretty much provide the infrastructure.
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I was just e-mailing a few friends about events that were useful or fun and now my friends of 20 or more have become a mailing list of 7,500 people and a virtual community of at least 10,000 people.
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This wisdom of crowds thing--it may be a cliche, but it's mostly true. What we're talking about here is a democracy, and it works, but you have to be careful before it gets out of control.
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There's no genius behind it. It's persistence and listening to people.
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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 realize you're wrong.
mistake
Choose your mistakes carefully.
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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 nerd values: Get yourself a comfortable living, then do a little something to change the world.