“People can live without a Facebook account: my 13-year-old daughter has cancelled her account because it's not cool anymore.” PeopleYearsDaughterAccounts Author:Michael Birch
“If you are going truly viral, you don't need press. I mean, MySpace grew for a very long time without any press.” IfsNeedsMeanLongGrewLong TimePressesViral Author:Michael Birch
“Birthday Alarm was a very simple site based on being reminded of your friends' birthdays.” SimpleSiteAlarms Author:Michael Birch
“When I was a kid, I really liked playing chess, which is pretty geeky; I just enjoyed it - thinking, exercising my mind. And I found computers to be like an eight-hour day chess game.” ThinkingMindKidsFoundGamesHoursExerciseComputerEightChessEnjoyedChess GamePlaying Chess Author:Michael Birch
“Myspace was always a bit edgy. People identified it with edginess and music.” PeopleBitsEdgyEdginess Author:Michael Birch
“I wanted to build something that was a system - that was mechanical and would propagate itself like a virus. I needed a way for it spread from person to person, and the best way to do that was trying to get someone to get their friends to sign up.” WayTryingPersonsWantedNeededSpreadBest WayViruses Author:Michael Birch
“I don't have any great ambition to go out and make money. But I am still fascinated in starting up businesses and starting it in a way and running in a way that I want to do it.” WayWantStillsRunningAmbitionStartingMaking MoneyFascinatedGreat AmbitionStarting Up Author:Michael Birch
“I built websites for myself. I didn't want to work for anyone else. I came from a science background, so I approached things fairly analytically.” WantBuiltBackgroundsWebsite Author:Michael Birch
