Mitch Kapor

“We are living in an era of anxiety produced by computer and communications technology.”

“I'm like George Lucas, bringing together a creative team that will come up with a unique, well-crafted product.”

“If you look at the history of other movements, whether Civil Rights or environmental rights, these are all decades-long undertakings.”

“The accomplishment of open source is that it is the back end of the web, the invisible part, the part that you don't see as a user.”

“I don't think Silicon Valley understands the power of Wikipedia, how it works, or the opportunities it represents.”

“We've already gotten a significant grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and a university consortium. I think the whole sector of Foundations, potentially with government support, is promising - more than promising, I think, it's substantial.”

“I woke up nights, worrying that Lotus was out of control - that no one would know what to do.”

“The widespread adoption of broadband and the continued advances in personal computing technology are finally making it possible for the collective creation of an online world on a realistic scale.”

“If you can command a lot of attention, that's what is valuable, and many in the commercial ecology would like to have a piece of that attention.”

“I tell people that the history of Mozilla and Firefox is so one of a kind that it should not be used - ever - as an example of what's possible.”

“It became clear to me by 1984 that Microsoft was likely going to be the big winner in the PC software apps and operating system category, partly because of the dynamics of owning and controlling the operating system: that gave you enormous power, and I came to see Bill Gates was fierce competitor.”

“One of the perks of being the founder is that you get to build the company in your image.”

“A typical medical practice is like an old-fashioned business which keeps all of its records on paper. It can probably track down any individual transaction if it needs to, but it's basically helpless when it comes to overall measurements of performance. And that's the big problem.”

“Fundly is at the dynamic intersection of high-growth technology startups, social entrepreneurship, and the exploding world of social media. Kapor Capital is proud to back this passionate team, their product, and Fundly's impressive customer base.”

“I had no fear of speaking to large audiences.”

“Architecture is politics.”

“Inside every working anarchy, there's an Old Boy Network.”

“Old ways of thinking die hard, particularly when they were weaned by legally enforced monopolies.”

“Well, I had a lot of help from my father with the soldering and so on, and he was very good at math and was fascinated with computers, and so I was fortunate enough to have a bunch of exposure going all the way back to high school - this was in the 1960s.”

“Beware angel investors: they can be disruptive.”