“We could make it work as a stand-alone business, or it might turn out that there are other companies that would find us valuable. The future is rosy.”
Foursquare founder Dennis Crowley, who’s talked away at least two potential investors in his attempts to make money from his online check-in service, New York magazine, 18 April 2010
“It has come to our attention that Gizmodo is currently in possession of a device that belongs to Apple. This letter constitutes a formal request that you return the device to Apple. Please let me know where to pick up the unit.”
Apple general counsel Bruce Sewell, finding himself in the unusual role of corporate lost-and-found department in order to retrieve an iPhone prototype from mischievous gadget bloggers, Gizmodo, 19 April 2010
“We’re pretty opposed to advertising. It really turns our stomachs.”
Tumblr founder David Karp, on his jingoistic opposition to connecting audiences with marketers, Los Angeles Times, 17 April 2010
“We will also admit our mistakes when they are made and the Blackberry client should never have been labeled ‘official.’ It has since been changed and you won’t see that language used with Twitter clients in the future.”
Twitter platform chief Ryan Sarver, on how his company will stop saying what it means in the future, Business Insider, 14 April 2010
“Twitter is too hard to use. We’ve known this for a long time, but it was growing too fast for us to address these issues.”
Twitter CEO Ev Williams, on how he’s intentionally inconvenienced his users because he’s so darn busy, VentureBeat, 14 April 2010
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