26 Quotes by Joe Kraus

They tend to acquire interesting technologies that they help water and fertilize, not necessarily products that are already successful.

Creating a familiar and comfortable place for people to visit time and again has always been important to Excite.

I'm tired, but I'm having a great time. I think that's sort of the common answer that anybody in Silicon Valley has. I've never had more fun. I've never been more tired!

So my advice to startups in this particular category is if you’re going to put your product in beta - put your business model in beta with it. Far too often we are too product focused and not business-model focused. That’s one thing I definitely would have done differently with JotSpot.

We are creating and encouraging a culture of distraction where we are increasingly disconnected from the people and events around us, and increasingly unable to engage in long-form thinking. People now feel anxious when their brains are unstimulated.

Fight piracy; don't squash innovation.

Media companies, under the guise of piracy, are asking congress to give them more control over fair use. Hollywood wants to control innovation.

Set measurable goals, measure relative to competition.

The cost of hiring someone bad is so much greater than missing out on someone good.