Recently I saw a couple of posts on Craigslist. How Craigslist page has not changed in any major way since its initial launch yet how effective it still is at what it does. I happen to know this first hand because when I did my last job search, I started out with Craigslist and ended up finding a position. What kept Craigslist successful over all these years, I began to wonder.
After searching a bit on the web, I found the guy behind Craigslist, Craig Newmark. He is the founder of Craigslist. Soon I found out that he's a fairly unassuming guy who values the Golden Rule and knows what things are outside his strength. Once he realized managing people and running the company was not what he was good at, he went out and hired Jim Buckmaster as CEO.
Here's what I picked up from reading up on Craig Newmark and how Craigslist still is highly effective classified site:
After searching a bit on the web, I found the guy behind Craigslist, Craig Newmark. He is the founder of Craigslist. Soon I found out that he's a fairly unassuming guy who values the Golden Rule and knows what things are outside his strength. Once he realized managing people and running the company was not what he was good at, he went out and hired Jim Buckmaster as CEO.
Here's what I picked up from reading up on Craig Newmark and how Craigslist still is highly effective classified site:
