Jonah Peretti Quotes & Sayings

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. — Jonah Peretti

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

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

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

I think the best content on BuzzFeed is something you share with someone else in your life, and it connects you to them. And that's a big part of what e-mail's about as well. — Jonah Peretti

Mormons know that it's not enough to practise your religion - you also have to spread your religion. — Jonah Peretti

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. — Jonah Peretti

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. — Jonah Peretti

One of the things that is counterintuitive about BuzzFeed is that there's not a natural corollary to what we're doing because it isn't possible to distribute content through word-of-mouth in print. — Jonah Peretti

It's so much easier to write for a person in your life than to write for some imagined readership, so you write something that's more intimate and true. — Jonah Peretti

People go to the front page of BuzzFeed partly because they've seen a bunch of things in their stream, and they're like, 'Oh, I like this site. Why don't I go to the source?' I think that happens. But also people are going to look for something to share. — Jonah Peretti

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

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

I think a lot about how ideas spread, how information spreads, why is it that something you're really proud of and you spend a lot of time creating sometimes doesn't 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. — Jonah Peretti

I did parallel entrepreneurship, which was very hard to do. It was hard to keep your head straight and know which ideas were with which company. — Jonah Peretti

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

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. — Jonah Peretti

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. — Jonah Peretti

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

A lot of web companies will take a short-term approach and sell to an incumbent and don't end up living up to their full potential. — Jonah Peretti

It's important that all my friends have verified Twitter accounts. The blue checkmark makes me feel comfortable and like I'm friends with a legit, high-quality person. I also prefer friends with ridiculously long usernames. — Jonah Peretti

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. — Jonah Peretti

I'm a typical Capricorn. I'm hardworking, loyal, sometimes stubborn, and I don't believe in astrology. — Jonah Peretti

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

If you look at the heritage of the best advertising, you can make stuff that is great for both readers and advertisers. I don't think Don Draper would have loved banner ads. — Jonah Peretti

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

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. — Jonah Peretti