Mitchell Baker

Chairperson, Mozilla Foundation

Interview Highlights
Mitchell Baker
Length: 6:39
What We Do at Mozilla
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Length: 1:56
Mozilla Culture
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Length: 3:33
Music and Dance
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Length: 0:42
From Netscape to Mozilla
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Length: 1:38
Software Law
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Length: 2:06
Believing in the Project
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Length: 2:24
AOL Lets Mozilla Go
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Length: 1:57
Chief Lizard Wrangler
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Length: 3:26
Open Source Organization Polished Product
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Length: 2:00
A Nonprofit in the Internet Ecosystem
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Length: 2:03
Our Primary Goal
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Length: 2:26
Mozilla Corporation and Mozilla Foundation
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Length: 1:56
Listening and Exploration
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Length: 2:36
The Internet for Good or Ill
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Length: 1:43
Managing a Volunteer Workforce
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Length: 3:12
Beyond Consuming
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Length: 3:19
Firefox Community
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Length: 2:57
Don't Stifle Innovation
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Length: 3:13
Organization Reinforces Values
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Length: 3:31
Advice for Future
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Length: 0:33
And mostly what we try to do is make people comfortable so they can be productive.
Mitchell Baker

About the Innovator

An early employee of Netscape, a pioneering web browser company, Baker was instrumental in the company's 1998 decision to release its source code to the public. In 2005, her efforts led to the release of the Firefox browser and other end-user products--and to facilitating development communities around them.

Why She Innovates

As a top legal counsel at Netscape, Baker changed an entire industry's mind-set when she authored the license that released the company’s source code to the public. As chair of the Mozilla Foundation, Baker has gone on to provide the world with a model of how "to create choice and innovation on the Internet by offering alternatives." Her efforts have shown that loose collectives of volunteers and enthusiasts can create industry-leading technology with virtually no commercial effort.