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I'm still a really shitty programmer, but I know enough to hack a prototype together.
It's important to be thoughtful and mindful about the things you say to other people.
I just get up every day and do what seems like the most interesting, fun thing to do.
To never forget that the most important thing in life is the quality of life we lead.
Facebook makes me hate the people I know, and Reddit makes me love the people I don't.
Word of mouth now has a unprecedented influence because it spreads so far and so fast.
In June, 2010, I moved out of my apartment and I have been mostly homeless ever since.
I'd like to create a space for people who have a lot of talent but not a lot of reach.
We're obsessed with making sure that voice and video work well even on low-end phones.
4chan gets almost one million posts per day, hundreds of thousands of which are images.
In tech in particular, everyone is so serious all the time and has these grand visions.
Let's all strive to be more entrepreneurial, and I think we'll all be in a better place.
I grew up watching Indian movies as a kid in Russia. I am quite familiar with Bollywood.
There's a big tendency to gravitate toward a closed and proprietary approach too easily.
My being some kind of celebrity - not a real celebrity, isn't a welcome part of the job.
I'd rather spend money on things that improve the customer experience than on marketing.
Just figure out what your personal values are then just make those the corporate values.
Launching a business is kind of like a motorboat: You can go very quickly and turn fast.
There aren't many sites like 4chan where you can pop in every hour and see all new stuff.
The difficult part for us is adding features without making the product more complicated.
The great thing about the Internet is, it's the freest marketplace of ideas that there is.
There was a clear lesson here — and that was that the Internet loves Mister Splashy Pants.
Most people generalize whatever they did, and say that was the strategy that made it work.
The No. 1 challenge is getting people to understand that Pinterest isn't a social network.
In the future, we'd like to support upcoming artists, people that are trying to be actors.
If I had some information, the last thing I would ever do with it is send it to Wikileaks.
Envision, create, and believe in your own universe, and the universe will form around you.
In some ways, you can think of end-to-end encryption as honoring what the past looked like.
Our shared vision of belonging is the thread that weaves through every touchpoint on Airbnb.
Our perception of time is really driven by our perception of the unfamiliar, vivid, and new.
The message growth rate in Brazil - it's not like a hockey stick: it's like a vertical line.
I'm a big advocate of freedom: freedom of speech, freedom of expression, freedom of thought.
My original concept was to provide a free encyclopedia for every single person in the world.
I think people have to recognise that the traditional modes of authority weren't that great.
No amount of technology is going to change the fact that people process information visually.
Areas with lots of college students/young people can be a minefield, so I tend to avoid them.
If partnering with Facebook meant that we had to change our values, we wouldn't have done it.
Companies that have been built and operated for a long time are the most successful companies.
Have fun. The game is a lot more enjoyable when you're trying to do more than just make money.
I made a list of the happiest periods of my life & I realized that none of them involve money.
If you see a blatant error or misconception about yourself, you really want to set it straight.
Be true to yourself. If you follow that principle, a lot of decisions are actually pretty easy.
I'm probably the worst Silicon Valley insider ever. I don't hang out with Silicon Valley people.
I keep a notebook in my pocket, and I write down all the stuff we could ever do with Foursquare.
It turns out a lot of people don't get it. Wikipedia is like rock'n'roll; it's a cultural shift.
Usually my 'a-ha' moments are when I'm not trying to think of how to solve a particular problem.
We never saw Google+ Circles or Facebook Lists as reflective of the way our friendships play out.
Massive numbers of people are going to come online from cultures we don't normally interact with.
Instead of getting an iPad, I now use my iPhone with a giant magnifying glass attached to my face.
If I didn't believe in rooting for founders and investing in founders, I'd be a bit of a hypocrite.