Jonah Peretti Quotes
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The world needs sustainable, profitable, vibrant content companies staffed by dedicated professionals; especially content for people that grew up on the web, whose entertainment and news interests are largely neglected by television and newspapers.
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I think people often miss the fact that things often start in a swashbuckling like low cost just get it done kind of way, even when they grow into these iconic brands.
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Did you know that the Stegosaurus lived further away from the Tyrannosaurus Rex than we are from the Tyrannosaurus Rex in time?
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The trick isn't so much creating the right thing; the trick is finding the right networks.
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BuzzFeed started as a lab with a small team where we would play with ideas.
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The biggest misconception people have is that quality is all that matters. The truth is that quality helps, but there’s a ton of high-quality things that don’t go anywhere.
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People used to share things with e-mail on a massive scale. If you remember e-mail forwards from the late ’90s, it was a terrible way to share content.
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People say the Internet's made of cats. The reason isn't because of cats; it's because people like to have an emotion where they say 'aww' all at the same time.
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Im a typical Capricorn. Im hardworking, loyal, sometimes stubborn, and I dont believe in astrology.
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People on Twitter can follow tech if they're interested in tech, or business if they're interested in business, or they can follow celebrities that they're fans of.
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You don't want everyone to see a piece of content. You want the people who are really excited about the content to see it.
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A creative idea plus a fresh network is the best way to go from zero to millions.
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You know when you get a crush on a person you don't know that much about them, you're sort of obsessed with them, you want to spend more time with them.
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People don't do good work when they feel like losers and are second class citizens within their own company.
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At The Huffington Post, we thought of the front page as a one-stop shop for everything you'd need in news.
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The math helps you have better understanding and helps you have more creative ideas, but you can't replace the creative ideas
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Facebook will figure out ways to allow people to have good businesses.
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You can drastically increase your chances for success if you try lots of things and bring the best forward.
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I think a lot about how ideas spread, how information spreads, why is it that something youre really proud of and you spend a lot of time creating sometimes doesnt go anywhere, and something that you kind of do on the side, on a lark, ends up getting shared and passed around and having this big impact.
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Mormons know that its not enough to practise your religion - you also have to spread your religion.
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