When new technology in the classroom starts happening, some people get very excited and think of it as a panacea. It attracts very high amounts of money; it raises expectations, and those expectations aren't met. Mitch Kapor amountattractclassroom share on social
Life in cyberspace seems to be shaping up exactly like Thomas Jefferson would have wanted: founded on the primacy of individual liberty and a commitment to pluralism, diversity, and community. Mitch Kapor commitmentcommunitycyberspace Change image and share on social
Startups, in some sense, have gotten so easy to start that we are confusing two things. And what we are confusing, often, is, 'How far can you get in your first day of travel?' with, 'How long it is going to take to get up to the top of the mountain?' Mitch Kapor confusedayeasy share on social
Velano Vascular has developed a simple, game-changing innovation that will improve the way medicine has been practiced for decades. Mitch Kapor changedecadedevelop Change image and share on social
I'm an inveterate note taker - I scribble all these things down on pieces of paper. I wanted to create some way of organizing all of them. Mitch Kapor createinveteratenote Change image and share on social
Human intelligence is a marvelous, subtle, and poorly understood phenomenon. There is no danger of duplicating it anytime soon. Mitch Kapor anytimedangerduplicate Change image and share on social
Oakland's time is coming. In fact, Oakland's time is already here. Tech is coming to Oakland, and it's terribly exciting. Mitch Kapor comeexcitfact Change image and share on social
The culmination of all of that was the decision to start a company, which became Lotus, to do a product, which became 1-2-3. By the time I reached that point it had been four years, and it felt like a lifetime, but really it was kind of evolutionary. Mitch Kapor companyculminationdecision share on social
I give Bill Gates an A for vision because, as a business person and a strategist, he's brilliant. His flaw is that his view is not informed by a humanistic or compassionate vision of how to make computers work for people. Mitch Kapor billbrilliantbusiness share on social
I routinely failed to understand that 'simple and straightforward' would have been a much better product strategy for Lotus. Mitch Kapor faillotusproduct Change image and share on social
