Jonah Peretti Quotes

People on Twitter can follow tech if they're interested in tech, or business if they're interested in business, or they can follow celebrities that they're fans of.

Did you know that the Stegosaurus lived further away from the Tyrannosaurus Rex than we are from the Tyrannosaurus Rex in time?

The math helps you have better understanding and helps you have more creative ideas, but you can't replace the creative ideas

I think people often miss the fact that things often start in a swashbuckling like low cost just get it done kind of way, even when they grow into these iconic brands.

Im a typical Capricorn. Im hardworking, loyal, sometimes stubborn, and I dont believe in astrology.

People say the Internet's made of cats. The reason isn't because of cats; it's because people like to have an emotion where they say 'aww' all at the same time.

A creative idea plus a fresh network is the best way to go from zero to millions.

BuzzFeed started as a lab with a small team where we would play with ideas.

At The Huffington Post, we thought of the front page as a one-stop shop for everything you'd need in news.

You know when you get a crush on a person you don't know that much about them, you're sort of obsessed with them, you want to spend more time with them.

The trick isn't so much creating the right thing; the trick is finding the right networks.

You don't want everyone to see a piece of content. You want the people who are really excited about the content to see it.

Facebook will figure out ways to allow people to have good businesses.

People don't do good work when they feel like losers and are second class citizens within their own company.

You can drastically increase your chances for success if you try lots of things and bring the best forward.

I think a lot about how ideas spread, how information spreads, why is it that something youre really proud of and you spend a lot of time creating sometimes doesnt go anywhere, and something that you kind of do on the side, on a lark, ends up getting shared and passed around and having this big impact.

The world needs sustainable, profitable, vibrant content companies staffed by dedicated professionals; especially content for people that grew up on the web, whose entertainment and news interests are largely neglected by television and newspapers.

People used to share things with e-mail on a massive scale. If you remember e-mail forwards from the late ’90s, it was a terrible way to share content.

Mormons know that its not enough to practise your religion - you also have to spread your religion.

The biggest misconception people have is that quality is all that matters. The truth is that quality helps, but there’s a ton of high-quality things that don’t go anywhere.