In my case, having knocked around at different jobs helped me get a sense of what the world is actually like and also helped me get out of a cocoon. Mitch Kapor casecocoonhelp Change image and share on social
That's why it has to be a nonprofit, because a nonprofit is required to take monies it receives and use them for the purposes for which it's chartered by the government. It can't be pocketed. Mitch Kapor chartergovernmentmony Change image and share on social
I'd been a great angel investor, but professional venture capital was clearly not the right thing for me. Mitch Kapor angelcapitalgreat Change image and share on social
People in the industry foresee a time in which, for many people, the only thing they'll need on a computer is a browser. Mitch Kapor browsercomputerforesee Change image and share on social
We have a responsibility to give people opportunities to do what they can do. It's a fundamental tenet of democratic society. Libertarians who believe in a completely minimalist state, and don't feel we have that responsibility, are harming humanity. Mitch Kapor completelydemocraticfeel share on social
It's illegitimate to talk about a post-scarcity Utopia without talking about questions of distribution. There have always been these Utopian predictions - 'electricity too cheap to meter' was the atomic promise of the 1950s. Mitch Kapor 1950satomiccheap share on social
Open source can propagate to fill all the nooks and crannies that people want it to fill. Mitch Kapor crannyfillnook Change image and share on social
A typical medical practice is like an old-fashioned business which keeps all of its records on paper. It can probably track down any individual transaction if it needs to, but it's basically helpless when it comes to overall measurements of performance. And that's the big problem. Mitch Kapor basicallybigbusiness 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
Successful entrepreneurs develop products that inspire their passion. They have to. It's that passion that gets them through the long, arduous, uncertain and frightening early days of a start-up. Mitch Kapor arduousdaydevelop Change image and share on social
