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Balaji: Craig Newmark neutralized hostile media coverage with journalism grants
“Craig Newmark effectively bought them off with the Newmark foundation stuff with a lot of grants for journalism”
Moore: Craigslist produced better sourcing interns than elite student job boards
“I initially used the student job boards, and they were actually the worst. You get these cookie-cutter students who think like everybody else, they were basic. The best interns I found came off Craigslist.”
Parr: Craigslist ads generated a 10,000-subscriber book club email list
“I had a book club, the anti MBA.com and I, it's how I met Siva. I met Ryan Hoover this way. Some of my best friends, dude, I just put another ad on Craigslist and I said, I'm going to organizing a business book club. And it was just from Craigslist. And I ende…”
Puri: Craigslist is massively underrated and has unmatched marketplace liquidity
“I think Craigslist is massively underrated. Craigslist is so good. There is, if you want a job, Craigslist. If you want a couch, Craigslist. If you want to learn something, Craigslist. If you want to hook up, Craigslist. Whatever you want, Craigslist has got t…”