Chad Hurley Quotes

I'm probably not creative or talented enough to create an especially compelling piece of content, but I really do enjoy watching a great movie or TV show.

• Great
• Movie

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

• Champion

If something excites you, go for it.

You launch a site, and you see what works, and you continue to make it better.

As long as I can remember, I was drawing or trying to create something.

• Long
• Trying
• Remember

I try to absorb all types of style and design. I don't try and restrict my thinking. I enjoy the old and the new. You need that broad perspective to create something different.

• Different
• Thinking
• Style

In the Internet world, especially in Silicon Valley, everyone is at the ready all the time, and turnaround is relatively short, if not instant.

• Time
• World

There's not really any safe places on the Internet.

When people are making the decision to put a piece of content online, they really do truly want to get it in front of the largest audience.

• People
• Decision

If you're creating an entertainment site, you want the content to be the star.

• Star

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

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

• Purpose

I was one of those kids who took apart their toys to see how they work, just to see what they were made up of.

• Up
• Work
• Kids

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

• Business

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

• Time
• Good
• Design

I think a platform such as YouTube has to respect local laws and customs.

• Respect

I basically watch videos online all day long.

• Long

Content begets content.

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

• Wall

There's always going to be a place for YouTube.

I think you will see a point where the traditional model of advertising on TV or advertising online will go, and advertisers will cover one programme, no matter what platform it's being broadcast on. You'll see the same ads whether you are watching it on your TV, your computer or your phone.

• Model

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.

With YouTube - with the Internet in general - you have information overload. The people who don't necessarily get credit are the curators.

• People

When you have a model that's worked very well, it's very hard to change.

• Model