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
helping realizing sometimes
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.
persistence people listening
There's no genius behind it. It's persistence and listening to people.
long exit strategy
Death is my exit strategy. I'll be doing significant customer service only as long as I live.
giving people want
Treat people like you want to be treated; live and let live; and also give the other person a break now and then.
confidence feels
This feels particularly good. It reaffirms the confidence I have in people.
distracted prospect
During the bubble, we got distracted by the prospect of big bucks. Now it's much better balanced.
bad ebay human list selling
This is a mistake. eBay bad and robotic, Craig's List human and good. And now on the way to selling out.
good people surprise
People are smart, good and surprise me with the way they use our site.
community events few fun list people useful virtual
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.
biggest good matters others shared
Right now, the biggest shared value that I can think of is that you should treat others the way you want to be treated, and just have some good sense about what matters to you.
bill cops deal instincts internet remember surprising
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.
biggest failure loss newspapers problem result speak trust truth
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.
guys job noticed sudden team thinking
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?'