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

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

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

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.

I think Facebook, Twitter and YouTube are the cornerstones of any social media strategy.

With YouTube - with the Internet in general - you have information overload. The people who dont necessarily get credit are the curators.

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.