Quotes by Joe Kraus

“Theyve been buying dark fibre for a good five years. It allows them to have such cheap communications between all their data centres,”

“I have a hard time believing that they can buy a company with 2,000 people and make it work. The notion of buying a gigantic company with a lot of cash is a very risky proposition.”

“They tend to acquire interesting technologies that they help water and fertilize, not necessarily products that are already successful.”

“Ive never seen such a competitive market for talent as in the last six months to a year. And its funny, you think it can never get any more competitive. And yet the next year it gets that much more competitive.”

“Im tired, but Im having a great time. I think thats sort of the common answer that anybody in Silicon Valley has. Ive never had more fun. Ive never been more tired!”

“Its generally due to the Internet boom. Its due to both companies like Excite@Home who are further along in their life cycle as well as the second-, third-, fourth-generation startup companies that surround Excite@Home.”

“It is ironic that the Internet is a global phenomenon -- yet if youre not in Silicon Valley, its really hard to get a sense of the pace and the connections between those companies. So many of the ideas get transferred in hallway conversations, meetings over lunch and the casual interactions of the companies that are proximate.”

“I think its very difficult to be a successful Internet company that isnt based in Silicon Valley.”

“Theyve been buying dark fiber for a good five years. It allows them to have such cheap communications between all their data centers,”

“Its generally due to the Internet boom. Its due to both companies like Excite@Home who are further along in their life cycle as well as the second, third, fourth generation startup companies that surround Excite@Home.”