Chad Hurley Quotes

You launch a site, and you see what works, and you continue to make it better.

I try to absorb all types of style and design. I don't try and restrict my thinking. I enjoy the old and the new. You need that broad perspective to create something different.

When you have a group of engineers and designers, they are not exactly the best to deal with copyright law.

There's something very satisfying about creating a tactile product.

In the Internet world, especially in Silicon Valley, everyone is at the ready all the time, and turnaround is relatively short, if not instant.

I think a platform such as YouTube has to respect local laws and customs.

Clothing, and the products that you buy, are really about how they make you feel.

I think a lot of people may have a unique insight or some idea that they feel could be a great solution for a particular problem, but for some reason never have a chance to try or never have the courage or maybe the self-doubt. Really, it's best just to remain naive and continue to work on things and see if people have the same problems.

CBS has received a strong and positive response from the YouTube community about the quality of its programming.

When you limit the length of the video to something under two minutes, it gives everyday people an opportunity to make something entertaining. It's harder to tell a story or create an entertaining piece of content that is based around the time slot model, television shows being 22 minutes long.

No matter what industry you're in, there will be naysayers. So you have to be your own champion.

Me, personally, I don't upload video to YouTube.

When people are making the decision to put a piece of content online, they really do truly want to get it in front of the largest audience.

When you have a model that's worked very well, it's very hard to change.

Video is the most interesting and engaging way to share an idea with others.

When I started running cross-country and track in high school, literally every race was a failure.

We started YouTube to democratize video distribution. Now, we are democratizing video creation,

Video gives people a voice.

There are a handful of talented individuals that are always going to do a better job. If you look at the amount of TV shows or movies, there's only a handful that rise to the top.

People just don't sit down and just watch TV at night. Between cellphones, television, video games, the Internet and instant messaging, people are just spending their time in different places.

I'm probably not creative or talented enough to create an especially compelling piece of content, but I really do enjoy watching a great movie or TV show.

As you start building the product, don't assume that you know all the answers. Listen to the community and adapt. We had a lot of our own ideas about how the service would evolve. Coming from PayPal and eBay, we saw YouTube as a powerful way to add video to auctions, but we didn't see anyone using our product that way, so we didn't add features to support it.

The one thing with the established and traditional media industries is that whenever something new comes along, they don't know what to make of it, and the natural reaction is to fight it or push back.

If you're creating an entertainment site, you want the content to be the star.

Everyone wants to be recognized.

YouTube provides a unique opportunity for all musicians to market and promote their music and directly engage their fans.

Advertisers now have a highly targeted opportunity for aligning their brands alongside the entertainment experience people are enjoying on YouTube.

The telecom industry pretends like it's not getting paid.

There's always going to be a place for YouTube.

Running helped me learn how to deal with failure, and failure is a big part of the Internet business.

I basically watch videos online all day long.

I love my baseball, and I love my Phillies.

More than simply capturing brief moments in time, MixBit helps people bring stories to life.

To some extent, being an entrepreneur is a lonely journey.

I look at building business as a creative process that I enjoy.

The power of digital distribution over physical retail outlets is you have a chance to create a global audience.

To see how YouTube has become part of pop culture, it's been just amazing.

Napster was a black market for music. Ninety-nine per cent of the music that people were downloading was illegal because they didn't have the rights for it.

As long as I can remember, I was drawing or trying to create something.

The whole purpose of MixBit is to reuse the content within the system.

I have the Sony Reader; I have the Kindle as well. I don't really use either of them, to be honest. I'd rather sit down with a cup of coffee and a newspaper than read all my digital books.

The iPhone will maybe become more of a video-conferencing experience - you pick up your phone, you answer it, you'll be talking to someone looking at their face.

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By delivering a wide array of programming to YouTube, the NBA will be able to connect with its existing worldwide fan base and reach a vast new audience that is passionate about basketball.

Google has a great product. They've built a great business.

Many large brands are now just marketing machines for what's being made offshore.

Today, technology asks too much of people.

Video is universal and allows people around the world to communicate and exchange ideas.

The iPad - is that a phone or a computer? If I put it on my wall is it a TV?

People think about the world of TV and the world of online video as being different ways to distribute video. But what happens when every TV is connected to wi-fi with a browser?