45 Harper Reed Quotes for You to Enjoy

Harper Reed

American Businessman

Born: Mar 21, 1978

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The opportunity to step away from everything and take a break is something that shouldn't be squandered. Harper Reed

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I never would wish technology failing on any sort of opponent or enemy. Harper Reed

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I love books that stand the test of time. Harper Reed

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When you go from building T-shirts to software for a presidential campaign used by a cast of millions, it's pretty easy to think, 'OK, we can build something pretty big.' Harper Reed

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We make interesting companies and real businesses. It's not social networks for cats. Harper Reed

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The advice I used to give to engineers I hired was, 'Don't eat the pizza.' Sometimes when you walk into these high-pressure environments, it's, like, doughnuts everywhere and all these little cakes. Harper Reed

You Sometimes Walk Advice Everywhere Eat Give Cakes Environments Like Hired Pizza Little Used Engineers

Oftentimes in tech, people think, 'I'm the only one that has this.' I call them the Atlas People. They're like, 'The weight of the world is on the shoulders. I'm the only person who can solve this problem.' But you can't do that. Harper Reed

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A lot of people are buying things on the Internet - not just white men. Harper Reed

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This idea of, there's a locked door; how do you open it? You don't necessarily care what's behind it; you're just more excited about opening the lock... It's not about finding the treasure; it's more about defeating the puzzle. Harper Reed

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One of my favourite books about hackers is 'Masters of Deception' about this hacking group in the 1990s. Many of them didn't come from wealthy families. These are kids that are very intelligent; they just happen to be misdirected. Harper Reed

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I don't drink coffee; I drink a lot of green tea and water. Harper Reed

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If there's a wall, we break it down and go through it. Harper Reed

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Books have literally powered most of my life. Whether as a stress relief when doing hard things or as vacation fodder, they are a constant and important part of my life. Harper Reed

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My parents are very supportive: they helped redirect my technology attitude and my punkness into positive things. Harper Reed

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I've had a lot of bosses that I didn't agree with, but the worst boss was very much me myself. So, I can't let myself slack off, and if I do slacking off, I'm the one that's yelling at myself. I've worked with a lot of different employers, and none of them have been as aggressive as I have been. Harper Reed

The digital team who were running Twitter, they weren't just going to put out a tweet for fun. They're going to try and figure out how do we measure the impact. Then they'd tweet it, and if it worked, great. Harper Reed

In technology startups, there's a lot of winging it. Harper Reed

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Not every time you open Messenger do you want an Uber, but when you do want an Uber, it appears. That is the goal. Harper Reed

Time You Every Every Time Open Messenger Goal Want Appears

We were orbiting around the idea of intent and context. We would take the bus into work, and if you said, 'Here's a shirt you might like,' and I open it on my mobile phone, I'm not going to pull out my credit card and wallet. We thought, 'How does someone do this? An e-mail to yourself, or you try to remember?' Harper Reed

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Myself, I have a philosophy degree and a fake computer-science degree. I say fake because I really didn't learn anything. Harper Reed

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'Data scientist,' as a profession, is largely a fad. Harper Reed

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I wonder which is ultimately more creepy: shopping at Amazon or using Facebook? Harper Reed

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PayPal's been around forever. How do we use that platform to solve the future of commerce? Harper Reed

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