My original business model - I actually wrote this down - was 'interesting work for interesting people.' Tim O'Reilly businessinterestmodel Change image and share on social
The fact that there's all these really messed-up people on the Internet is not a statement about the Internet. It is a statement about those people and what they do, and we need to basically say that you guys are doing something unacceptable and not generalise it into a comment about 'this is what's happening to the blogosphere.' Tim O'Reilly basicallyblogospherecomment share on social
The thing we should all be looking for are people who want to make a difference. I'm a big believer in the Silicon Valley religion of the power of markets. But I also believe in our obligation to give back, and to give back in the way we do business, to create more value than we capture for ourselves. Tim O'Reilly backbelieverbig share on social
I think that companies always become complacent, over time. Or most companies, that is. Tim O'Reilly companycomplacenttime Change image and share on social
I'd love to have the time to learn to sing opera properly rather than bellowing half-formed fragments of melody in exuberant moments. Tim O'Reilly bellowexuberantform Change image and share on social
Just as the PC bled back into industrial economy, I think the Internet is going to bleed back into our overall economy and have a transformative effect on major sectors that we don't yet foresee. Tim O'Reilly backbleedeconomy Change image and share on social
People don't care about books. They care about ideas. Tim O'Reilly bookcareidea Change image and share on social
I like to think that even if we make some really bad choices and go down some bad paths, we'll eventually emerge from it. Tim O'Reilly badchoiceemerge Change image and share on social
A short, glorious life in service of a greater good - say, the life of the Spartans at Thermopylae, or the pilots in the Battle of Britain, of whom Winston Churchill said 'Never have so many owed so much to so few,' - that is worth praising. But for glory alone? I think not. Tim O'Reilly battlebritainchurchill share on social
So many technologies start out with a burst of idealism, democratization, and opportunity, and over time, they close down and become less friendly to entrepreneurship, to innovation, to new ideas. Over time, the companies that become dominant take more out of the ecosystem than they put back in. Tim O'Reilly backburstclose share on social