Kevin Systrom Quotes
Top 52 wise famous quotes and sayings by Kevin Systrom
Kevin Systrom Famous Quotes & Sayings
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Really, we're just taking people and shifting them from taking photos anyway to taking them on 'Instagram'.
The best companies in the world have all had predecessors. 'YouTube' was a dating site. You always have to evolve into something else.
Traditional businesses can say, 'We're going to sell widgets to people, and it will make X amount of profit.' But new business models are hard.
I've always had a passion for technology, photography, startups, and connecting people. Bringing those aspects together made me successful.
I think not focusing on money makes you sane because in the long run it can probably drive you crazy.
There are a lot more companies with a lot younger people. It is just like 23-year-olds are starting companies, and they are scaling really quickly.
Good companies are always fundraising. Whether you're meeting people or considering firms, you're always fundraising.
It turns out that no undergrad class prepares you to start a startup - you learn most of it as you do it.
I really love connecting people, creating communities. As a kid, creation was something that I always loved.
I like to say that the one thing that all people who succeed in changing the world have in common is that they at least tried.
I don't think you should ever start a business and move in a direction where you can't see it becoming a business.
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.
'Instagram' is an app that only took 8 weeks to build and ship but was a product of over a year of work.
The major reason why Instagram works is that you can follow anyone out there and start following their photos immediately.
I promise you, a lot of it is luck. But you make your own luck by working really hard and trying lots and lots of things.
I love challenging the notion that, in order to be a tech founder, you have to be holed up in a dark room wearing a T-shirt and baggy jeans.
If it's one thing we do really well as a company, it's that we take big change slowly and deliberately and bring the community along with us.
When you open up 'Instagram,' you need to know that you're seeing the real Tony Hawk, the real Taylor Swift, the real Burberry.
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.
The printing press did something really big for the world when everyone could get books in their hands and read.
Instagram was created because there was no single place dedicated to giving your mobile photos a place to live and to be seen.
I've always been into taking my photos, cropping them square, putting them through a filter in Photoshop.
Photos were seen as the most private type of content, and 'Instagram' really flipped that on its head and said photos can be really public.
I try to list the top three things to get done every day, and I'll be lucky if I hit all three, but it's amazing what that does to keep you on track.
Just so everyone knows, we're not a photo-sharing company. I don't see photos on 'Instagram' as art. They're much more about communication.