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Instagram is a media company. I think we're about visual media.

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Kevin Systrom
Age: 40
Born: 1983
Born: December 30
Computer Scientist
Engineer
Entrepreneur
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Every startup should address a real and demonstrated need in the world. If you build a solution to a problem lots of people have, it's so easy to sell your product to the world.
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People interact with their phones very differently than they do with their PCs and I think that when you design from the ground up with mobile in mind, you create a very different product than going the other way.
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In the past, people have looked at photos as a record of memory. The focus has been on the past tense. With Instagram, the focus is on the present tense.
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Focusing on one thing and doing it really, really well can get you very far.
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Above all else, products spread when they're useful and they're usable
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Great products sell themselves.
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Working at a startup to make a lot of money was never a thing, and that's why I decided to just finish up school. That was way more important for me.
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On the intimate relationships, I'd say you can be someone who wouldn't normally get attention in traditional media and come onto Instagram and build this massive following.
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The number of people who have either gotten married or had kids or started dating or just made great friends over Instagram is countless. I think we're the only platform that continues to be successful in bringing people together in real life for these real relationships.
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The world runs on luck.
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I really value passion for the product above experience.
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You need to find people that are drawn to the idea that you build, and they end up taking it and making it even better.
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I was never as focused in math, science, computer science, etcetera, as the people who were best at it. I wanted to create amazing screensavers that did beautiful visualizations of music. It's like, Oh, I have to learn computer science to do that.
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You need to fail in order to find the right solution.
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Obviously, being the CEO, there are a lot of eyes on what you do and what you post and how you post, and I think one of the challenges of Instagram in general is that, as we get bigger, there are just more voices in the room, more eyes on everyone's accounts.
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Our goal is to not just be a photo-sharing app, but to be the way you share your life when you're on the go.
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I grew up as a photo nut. Every Christmas I would get a new camera. It's a huge part of my life.
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I actually think some of my best moments in life have been while I was with people from Instagram - whether it's super late nights getting a release out or being able to travel to places I'd never visited and meeting some of the most interesting people I've ever met.
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I think Instagram at its best is where you feel like you're getting the most authentic version of the person on the other side of the camera.
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I don't think you should ever start a business and move in a direction where you can't see it becoming a business.
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