111 Quotes by Mitch Kapor

Life in cyberspace is often conducted in primitive frontier conditions, but it is a life which, at its best, is more egalitarian than elitist and more decentralized than hierarchical. It serves individuals and communities, not mass audiences, and it is extraordinarily multi-faceted in the purposes to which it is put.

On a personal note, I was born in Brooklyn. My folks moved out to Long Island when I was quite young, but once a Brooklynite, always a Brooklynite.

'Silicon Valley' has come to mean the Bay Area, not just down the Peninsula.

My history is to find the next big thing early.

Oakland's time is coming. In fact, Oakland's time is already here. Tech is coming to Oakland, and it's terribly exciting.

If we're not creating an educated and skilled workforce, there is just no conceivable way that were going to be economically competitive.

I'd been a great angel investor, but professional venture capital was clearly not the right thing for me.

I'd always wanted to live in San Francisco, and my circumstances never permitted it. I'm so happy I made the move.

I'd acutely felt the lack of a product that I really loved, but there was a tremendous lack of commercial opportunity to start software ventures around these ideas, given the industry's structure, and I did a lot of thinking about how things might be put together, learned a lot about open source, made a pilgrimage to go see Linus, and tried to educate myself.