Kevin Rose Quotes & Sayings

Social media really grew up. — Kevin Rose

Ifyou believe in something, work nights and weekends, it won't feel like work. — Kevin Rose

We want to open digg up to just about anyone and everyone that wants to express their interest in any type of news story or Web content. — Kevin Rose

Digg will serve as a means of gathering metrics for third party websites, providing them insights into who's digging their content, who they are spreading it to. — Kevin Rose

One of the things that's been crazy for us has been the speed at which news can break on Digg, because it's powered by a mass of humans versus a machine that has to go out and crawl and find the information and then determine its relevance mathematically. — Kevin Rose

A team aligned behind a vision will move mountains — Kevin Rose

You don't need anyone's approval and in fact, you probably won't get it, so don't even try. Build, release and iterate. Make a list of the features you want to create over the next six months and get going! For small companies, once a week; for larger companies, maybe twice a month. — Kevin Rose

Don't spend too much time planning, release early and often, some things will work, others won't, refine and move forward and above all forget the money, just make sure you love what you're doing. — Kevin Rose

My background is in tech. I studied computer science, and was working on TechTV, so the first thing I wanted to do was see my favorite motherboard stories hit the front page; you know, like, really geeky stuff. — Kevin Rose

Digg is like your newspaper, but rather than a handful of editors determining what's on the front page, the masses do. — Kevin Rose

We have a huge tech following that do nothing but Digg tech stories, and then there's another pool of users that remove the tech section from their view of Digg, because you can go on and customize your own experience and remove sections you don't like. — Kevin Rose

People want to have a voice and a say in what is news. — Kevin Rose

I focus on consumer Internet. Sometimes it's a working prototype; sometimes it's an idea on a napkin. I don't do a ton of deals a year, and I really like working with startups - it's the only way I can invest. It fits my ADD brain. — Kevin Rose

One of the things that I've always loved to do is brainstorm ideas with friends and get together and talk about what they're building ... Essentially, my day-to-day is just going around and meeting entrepreneurs and talking to them about what they plan on launching. — Kevin Rose

Release early and often. — Kevin Rose

My Heart fell.
Since I could remember my heart has balanced
A long such a thin line of right and wrong, love and hate.
The line already stretched to the extremes, taught with fear and uncertainty
Tension reached its maximum
When that day came around
Ever since that day when learned the truth
The day my eyes were forcefully
peeled open by dull razors
That day the line faded and the tight rope snapped.
With no line to follow my heart fell.
Now concussed, delirious and confused.
My heart wanders between worlds.
Never certain of who it is
where it was, or how it should be. — Kevin Rose

The key to making money in angel investing is saying no. You meet with 100 companies and say no to 99 of them. — Kevin Rose

I want to be known as one of the most accurate investors that ever lived. — Kevin Rose

The democratic approach to news is a very valuable thing. We're always going to be dependent on the quality of reporting of mainstream media. — Kevin Rose

With Digg, users submit stories for review, but rather than allow an editor to decide which stories go on the homepage, the users do. — Kevin Rose

Founders: there is no shame in failing, take pride in that you have the guts to try something new. — Kevin Rose

Twitter became a major place to find out what was breaking on the Internet. Facebook became a place to share links. Social media really grew up. — Kevin Rose

Go build it. If you really believe in something, you should just build it. If you love it, it won't feel like work. It's okay to drop out of college if you have an awesome idea. — Kevin Rose

Letting users control your site can be terrifying at first. From day one we were asking ourselves, "What is going to be on the front page today?" You have no idea what the system will produce. But stepping back and giving consumers control is what brought more and more people to the site. They have a sense of ownership and discovery at the same time. If you give users the tools to spread and share their interests with others, they will use them to promote what is important to them. — Kevin Rose

Since news breaks on digg very quickly, we face the same issues as newspapers which print a retraction for a story that was misreported. The difference with digg is that equal play can be given to both sides of a story, whereas with a newspaper, a retraction or correction is usually buried. — Kevin Rose

I love well-designed products that combine form and functionality. — Kevin Rose

At our peak, no one knew how to value Digg. — Kevin Rose

I don't care what it is, when it has an LCD screen, it makes it better. — Kevin Rose