A biography for Kevin Systromhasn’t been written yet.
“'Instagram' reached 13 million users in just 13 months.”
“Most photo apps before asked something of the users. They said, 'You produce, act, and perform.' 'Instagram' said, 'Let us take care of the secret sauce.'”
“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.”
“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.”
“Products can introduce more complexity over time, but as far as launching and introducing a new product into the market, it's a marketing problem. You have to explain everything you do, and people have to understand it, within seconds.”
“Facebook's campus has a lot of creative spaces: an analogue print shop, a candy store. It's a dynamic place and one of the best environments I've been in, period.”
“I own a Canon 20D, though I don't remember the last time I used it. Ever since the iPhone 4, I've been completely absorbed in taking photos from my mobile phone.”
“I like to compare 'Instagram' to the Library of Congress.”
“Imagine the power of surfacing what's happening in the world through images, and potentially other types of media in the future, to each and every person who holds a mobile phone.”
“Every photo you take communicates something about a moment in time - a brief slice of time of where you were, who you were with, and what you were doing.”
“Good companies are always fundraising. Whether you're meeting people or considering firms, you're always fundraising.”
“'Instagram' is definitely becoming a new entertainment source for people day after day.”
“I've always had a passion for technology, photography, startups, and connecting people. Bringing those aspects together made me successful.”
“I'm a huge fan of what 'Hipstamatic' is doing and all they've accomplished.”
“Mike Krieger and I started talking, and he decided he liked the idea of helping start the company. Once he joined, we took a step back and looked at the product as it stood.”
“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.”
“There are billions of dollars spent every year on traditional media. The majority of people are spending more time every day on the Internet, especially on mobile. You're starting to see a shift of that spend go to mobile, especially to things like 'Instagram'.”
“If you're a journalist, and you want to see live photos happening at any location in our system, you can simply type in the location, and up comes the page.”
“There's a natural set of constraints with mobile phones that force you to be a better photographer by acknowledging and observing the world around you.”
“All of us in social media and regular media, we're all competing for the same thing, which is this gap between something happening in the world and you knowing about it.”