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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
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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 believe photos is one of the underlying things in every social network that becomes successful.
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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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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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What's awesome about social media is you curate your own experience. That leads to the rise of niche celebrities, who are actually just as popular as mass celebrities, but because there's no incentive for traditional media to invest in them as celebrities, they find a home where people can follow them on Instagram.
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A lot of the earliest Instagram celebrities took really beautiful photos. But you're starting to see a change where it's not about beauty it's about the story that you tell.
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What people tell you and how they act is very, very different sometimes.
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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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Above all else, products spread when they're useful and they're usable
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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 think not focusing on money makes you sane, because in the long run it can probably drive you crazy.
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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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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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The major reason why Instagram works is that you can follow anyone out there and start following their photos immediately.
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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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I really value passion for the product above experience.
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The best feature is less features.
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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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I always look toward teens on Instagram to really understand what's going on. For some reason, when you're a teen, you just understand the world better than anyone else.
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