#2 Craig Newmark | Founder Craigslist
Craig Newmark is the founder of Craigslist. In the conversation with Jan Brinckmann on the Making It Real Podcast, Craig talks about the early days of Craigslist, philanthropy, why he decided to not monetize Craigslist to its fullest potential and shares his favorite Twitter jokes. Craig Newmark, Founder of Craigslist | Making It Real Podcast with Jan Brinckmann | Episode #2 00:00 How Craigslist got started as a simple mailing list 03:00 Why enough is enough 03:54 How Craig Newmark started running Craigslist as a hobby 07:35 Craig’s decision to create a company and the role of decision-making as an entrepreneur 09:10 How Craig found his team for Craigslist 09:45 How to know when to get out of the way as a founder 12:44 Craig’s surprising last role at Craigslist 15:17 Why Craig is obsessed with customer service 17:20 Craig’s areas of interest for philanthropic ventures 22:05 How Craig selects philanthropic entrepreneurs to support 24:44 How to get from having an idea to making it real 27:00 The importance of talking to other founders 28:30 Craig’s branding and PR advice for founders 31:02 How Craig would make it real if he started a new venture Download the one-pager for curated top learnings of this episode → https://makingitreal.io/2