Parker Conrad

“There are those who say the music industry must adapt to a wired world. They point to the decades-long rise in CD prices, even as manufacturing costs came down, and to data that shows Napster may actually increase sales of CDs by music-hungry customers as evidence that the music industry is simply afraid of a new technology.”

“Rightly or wrongly, for better or worse, valuation is a very important tool for recruiting - particularly in the markets for software engineering, where the market is really tight.”

“A lot of scaling up a company is not very sexy or strategic.”

“When professors expect a few dozen students and hundreds show up, it's a mixed blessing. While it's a testament to their popularity, it also means they have to scramble to interview and hire more teaching fellows, schedule rooms, and order lab supplies.”

“Despite the volume of 'junk' mail that students receive each year, companies that have an interest in selling their product to students say direct mailing is a key to their success.”

“The battle over Napster has divided musicians and industry officials.”

“The reality is, for small businesses, there really aren't HR systems. Small businesses are rolling their own.”

“I tried paying at a restaurant with stock options. It didn't work.”

“I'll grab coffee with my wife and daughter and then am in the office around 9 or 10. From there, I usually have about 8 hours of meetings.”

“Insurance brokers make way too much money for the value they provide.”

“I'm not going to run my business on the basis of quarterly numbers.”

“Journalists play God when they decide for their readers when to hide information from them. Frequently, those choices are unavoidable.”

“One of the powers of a sit-in is its visibility and potential to mobilize public opinion; the way the protest is reported in the media can have a powerful influence over its eventual success or failure.”

“The only thing I learned is that failure sucks, and you never want to do it. There's not a lot to be said for that particular lesson.”

“Lists that segment people into clearly-defined categories are particularly valuable to direct marketers, which can tailor their sales pitch to a particular demographic and, therefore, increase the likelihood of making a sale.”

“I was spending all my time at the 'Crimson' - like, 70 hours a week - and I didn't go to class for, like, a year. I failed out of school. I had to leave Harvard, really, halfway through my tenure as the 'Crimson' managing editor. It was this incredibly humiliating and shocking experience.”

“The Digital Millennium Copyright Act indemnifies Internet Service Providers (ISP) such as Harvard from copyright abuses committed over their computer networks.”

“I'm too old to understand Snapchat.”

“Some days you're the fire hydrant, and some days you're the dog.”

“There is so much headache and hassle involved in starting a business or running a business.”