Quotes from Chad Hurley

Approach your business partners with concepts that they can get their heads around, and try to respond to their needs.

Video gives people a voice.

Napster was a black market for music. Ninety-nine per cent of the music that people were downloading was illegal because they didn't have the rights for it.

The iPad - is that a phone or a computer? If I put it on my wall is it a TV?

The iPhone will maybe become more of a video-conferencing experience - you pick up your phone, you answer it, you'll be talking to someone looking at their face.

No matter what industry you're in, there will be naysayers. So you have to be your own champion.

The whole purpose of MixBit is to reuse the content within the system.

Content begets content.

I look at building business as a creative process that I enjoy.

There's something very satisfying about creating a tactile product.

Launch your product or service before you have funding. See how people respond to it before you have a PowerPoint and business plan - have something people can use, and go from there.

When you have a group of engineers and designers, they are not exactly the best to deal with copyright law.

The one thing with the established and traditional media industries is that whenever something new comes along, they don't know what to make of it, and the natural reaction is to fight it or push back.

Clothing, and the products that you buy, are really about how they make you feel.

The telecom industry pretends like it's not getting paid.

Consumers are increasingly programming their own entertainment and content experiences.

Fashion brands looking for explosive growth go the wholesale route, to get their products into stores, but then they end up relying on those sales.

More than simply capturing brief moments in time, MixBit helps people bring stories to life.

If something excites you, go for it.

Google has a great product. They've built a great business.

Everyone wants to be recognized.

Whenever you're the leader in any industry, you get more headlines.

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.

From time to time, I've experimented with sculpture or metal design. It's a good break from just sitting behind the keyboard.