Quotes by David Karp

About David Karp:

David Karp is an American web developer and entrepreneur. He is the founder and CEO of the short-form blogging platform Tumblr. According to Forbes, Karp's net worth exceeds $200 million, and Tumblr has been valued at $800 million. On May 20, 2013, it was announced that Yahoo! and Tumblr had reached an agreement for Yahoo! to acquire Tumblr for $1.1 billion. Karp would remain as CEO of the company.
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I never spent much time with people my own age.

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I've found that if you're not responsive to e-mail, it trains people to leave you alone.

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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.

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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.

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People tell me I need an assistant, but I don't want one.

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I always carry my camera with me.

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Where I feel the most productive and engaged is when I'm buried in code, buried in some project, tweaking some designs. I'm certainly introverted.

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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.

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Reading for me will be a combination of books, magazines, Tumblr and just kind of the Web in general on the iPad.

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I want to build something I'd be happy to be employed by 10 years out.

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sufferers of depression, who can elect to keep their feelings private, experience chronic, unremitting emotional alienation. Each moment spent “passing” as normal deepens the sense of disconnection generated by depression in the first instance. I...

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Author Bio

  • NameDavid Karp
  • DescriptionAmerican web developer and entrepreneur
  • BornJuly 6, 1986
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionEntrepreneur; Businessperson