I'm always so surprised when people fill their homes up with stuff. David Karp More Quotes by David Karp More Quotes From David Karp Entrepreneur is someone who has a vision for something and a want to create. David Karp entrepreneurvisionbusiness Find a space where you can be creative and a place where you are open for free thinking, you want to enjoy what you are doing and do what you are best at. David Karp spacecreativethinking There are a lot of rich people in the world. There are very few people who have the privilege of getting to invent things that billions of people use. David Karp entrepreneurusepeople The biggest lesson has been the importance of constantly repeating the mission. It means bringing the team together every week to talk about all of our projects, progress, and vision. David Karp visionteammean We've tried to keep as cheap and lean an operation as possible. David Karp operationsentrepreneurshipbusiness Good products are built by people who want to use it themselves David Karp usewantpeople I never spent much time with people my own age. David Karp my-ownagepeople Every feature has some maintenance cost, and having fewer features lets us focus on the ones we care about and make sure they work very well. David Karp entrepreneurcostfocus For every new feature we add, we take an old one out. A lot of big sites don’t do that, and it’s a problem. Twitter started as a beautifully simple product, but it’s now going the same route as Facebook. The drive to innovate can overencumber and destroy a product. David Karp problemsimpleadd Today there are millions of people making stuff and putting it into the world: that's become part of our identity and it shouldn't be limited to people who fancy themselves writers, or who are particularly witty or talented. David Karp identitywittypeople Tumblr was simply a tool for anyone to make a blog like mine. David Karp blogsminestools For every new feature we add, we take an old one out. A lot of big sites don't do that, and it's a problem. David Karp bigsproblemadd Our team isn’t changing. … And our mission – to empower creators to make their best work and get it in front of the audience they deserve – certainly isn’t changing. David Karp missionsempoweringteam I think appointments are caustic to creativity. David Karp creativityappointmentsthinking I've found that if you're not responsive to e-mail, it trains people to leave you alone. David Karp mailfoundpeople I want to build something I’d be happy to be employed by 10 years out. David Karp employedwantyears I'm very antischedule. Except for board meetings, I don't really schedule things or keep a calendar. I think appointments are caustic to creativity. David Karp creativityboardsthinking The more people we have on our team. the less room there is in the elevator and the more complicated everything gets. David Karp teambusinesspeople Rituals, even unhappy ones, provide a measure of comfort. Like a superstitious ballplayer who will only use certain bats, my depression rituals have become a fixed, normal part of my life. ... I need rituals to prevent unnecessarily rocking my already shaky emotional boat. David Karp emotionalunhappydepression I always carry my camera with me. David Karp cameras
