David Karp
David Karp
David Karp is an American web developer and entrepreneur. He is the founder and CEO of the short-form blogging platform Tumblr. According to Forbes, Karp's net worth exceeds $200 million, and Tumblr has been valued at $800 million...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth6 July 1986
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
people want assistants
People tell me I need an assistant, but I dont want one.
business team people
The more people we have on our team. the less room there is in the elevator and the more complicated everything gets.
witty people identity
Today there are millions of people making stuff and putting it into the world: that's become part of our identity and it shouldn't be limited to people who fancy themselves writers, or who are particularly witty or talented.
home people stuff
I'm always so surprised when people fill their homes up with stuff.
people mail found
I've found that if you're not responsive to e-mail, it trains people to leave you alone.
people use want
Good products are built by people who want to use it themselves
people age my-own
I never spent much time with people my own age.
people entrepreneur use
There are a lot of rich people in the world. There are very few people who have the privilege of getting to invent things that billions of people use.
web
Reading for me will be a combination of books, magazines, Tumblr and just kind of the Web in general on the iPad.
creativity thinking boards
I'm very antischedule. Except for board meetings, I don't really schedule things or keep a calendar. I think appointments are caustic to creativity.
design projects buried
Where I feel the most productive and engaged is when I'm buried in code, buried in some project, tweaking some designs. I'm certainly introverted.
team empowering missions
Our team isn’t changing. … And our mission – to empower creators to make their best work and get it in front of the audience they deserve – certainly isn’t changing.
get-better faster resources
Tumblr gets better faster with more resources to draw from.
creativity thinking caustic
I think appointments are caustic to creativity.