Craig Newmark
Craig Alexander Newmark (born December 6, 1952) is an American Internet entrepreneur best known for being the founder of the San Francisco-based international website Craigslist.
Quotes
[edit]LinkedIn Article
[edit]If I Were 22: Nerds, Hack Your Career (May 20, 2014)
- My young nerds, here's the deal:
- Take control of your image, your branding, from the beginning. It even includes how you dress, since people judge you that way.
- Decide on a small versus large company; I'd recommend small, starting out. (It was a mistake for me to start with IBM.)
- If you go large, do what you can to identify the teams or silos, and decide where you want your ambitions to go. Might be happier to find the people who want to do the job well. Bear in mind that the ambition-focused tribes might find it useful to destroy the tribes who believe in good product; that's happened to me, maybe more than once.
You, my nerd, are responsible for your career. Take charge of it.
LinkedIn Article
[edit]"A trustworthy press is the immune system of democracy" (November 20, 2014)
Wikipedia Day 2025 video appearance
[edit]“I'm a passionate believer in what Wikipedia does. I tell people over and over again, Wikipedia is where facts are going to live. Wikipedia is a critically important platform, because it's built on lifting up reliable sources, something which is getting harder and harder to find. Wikimedia New York City is a great resource for the New York City community to both learn about Wikipedia and learning how to contribute to Wikipedia. It's one of the places where anyone can access free knowledge that's trustworthy. And that's increasingly rare in today's world.” - Wikipedia Day NYC 2025, January 25, 2025 - [1]
WikiCredCon 2025
[edit]"Anyone reporting the facts, anyone doing serious truth-telling, needs to learn that sometimes: no good deed goes unpunished. You think, you tell the truth and that's enough, but there are bad actors who profit by attacking you, trying to manufacture controversy. Wikipedia is where facts go to live. With reliable sources, it does the best job of nearly anywhere telling readers what's really going on. We all need to protect it together because, seriously, no good deed goes unpunished and, if you're basically an honest person, particularly a technical honest person, you're never going to be a match for someone who lies for a living, so be careful out there. Like the batman says, I don't think I'm the nerd you want, but I'm the nerd you got." - at WikiCredCon 2025, February 2025 - Video on Commons
