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“Very, very few podcasts have made it to scale, and to me, that says this business will never be big.”
“Imagine being 30 years old, thinking you were a media titan, and now you are labeled a 'scam artist.'”
“While people are quick to praise the wisdom of the crowd, being an old-school journalist, I look at the wisdom of the crowd and know it can quickly turn into a mob mentality.”
“As the founder of your company, you must be in love with your brand and inspired by your brand's mission if you have any hope of getting press for your product.”
“Mahalo's business model is advertising. Yahoo, Google, Ask, AOL and MSN are all advertising-based. So I don't see anything wrong with advertising-based search.”
“Fire people who are not workaholics.”
“As content creators, we're benefitting YouTube every day. YouTube couldn't do what they do without us, so do not underestimate your power.”
“The first phase of social media was listening to the conversation. The second phase was joining the conversation. The third phase will be hosting the conversation on your site.”
“Selling out isn't selling out anymore. It's getting the brass ring.”
“Airbnb is a much more effective protest than shutting down the Brooklyn Bridge.”
“The problem today isn't low-quality journalism, it's too much noise. If one out of five 'Business Insider' stories is original, the other four would be culled.”
“The down market favours the small two-, three-, four-person company, not the huge company with 100 people losing half a million dollars a month.”
“I have hundreds if not tens of thousands of fans... The people who have negative things to say are typically loser-type people who are probably in some cases mentally ill.”
“When it comes to individual bloggers, they have many choices now that include blogging for a network or going solo.”
“The future of television is not on television but online. A majority of us are turning to our computers and mobile devices for news and entertainment, Millennials especially.”
“I find very few folks are watching their Facebook feed, some are watching their Twitter feed, and all of them are watching their email box. So, while social networks are nice, email is still the killer application.”
“I am not trying to model my career to be a one-hit wonder.”
“Back in the '90s, folks were not sure if they could trust the Web, and frankly, a lot of the services back then didn't provide massive value.”
“CNN was crazy to think they could fill 24 hours with news - let alone around the world in 10 to 20 languages. Reuters or AP with a thousand people around the world covering news? Crazy.”
“It's very important as a startup to get early press because, although it may not be a large number of people, having a 'Fast Company' story - some of those people that read it are going to be your next employees and hires, your next investors.”