A biography for Mike Kriegerhasn’t been written yet.
“It took less time to build 'Instagram' than it did for me to get my work visa. The app was an instant hit, and Facebook agreed to acquire the startup for about $1 billion in April 2012.”
“In high school, one of the things I loved doing was this after-school program where you would teach computer skills to some of the maintenance folks at school.”
“I remember, when I was in college, an anonymous donor gave Stanford students a year of 'Yahoo Music Engine'.”
“Empathy is key in the design process, especially when you start expanding outside of your comfort zone to new languages, cultures, and age groups. If you try to assume what those people want, you're likely to get it wrong.”
“Don't spend months building something without any idea if someone actually wants it.”
“Hearing 'no' a lot of times usually tells you either you're crazy or you're on the right track, and you don't know which one it is until you finally launch.”
“I think the biggest challenge over time is that we stay creative and making sure that we continue to launch awesome products that people love.”
“Computer vision and machine learning have really started to take off, but for most people, the whole idea of what is a computer seeing when it's looking at an image is relatively obscure.”
“You have to tailor yourself to everybody. Sometimes people need a firmer hand; some people you can have a laugh with, and they concentrate more. What they needed was more certainty about the future of the company.”
“When I came to the United States in 2004 to attend university at Stanford, I was instantly inspired by the stories and advice from startup leaders in Silicon Valley and beyond, who had endeavoured to create new opportunities and improve lives around the world.”
“I'm fascinated with being able to travel the world via 'Instagram' and just be somewhere different.”
“Who I love reading is Jordan Mechner, who wrote 'Prince of Persia.' He put all his journals while he was writing 'Prince of Persia' online.”
“Software is like gardening - one day I'll go behind the shed and clean up. But if nobody ever goes there, does it matter a lot?”
“Doing the simple thing first doesn't mean your solution will work forever.”
“You can't start a product simply by building it. You have to know why you're building it, and you might go down the wrong rabbit hole, waste time, and confuse things. Spending long afternoons with a sketchbook or talking through your ideas with other people can save a year in software development later on.”
“People want to share photos with only their friends and loved ones.”
“Innovation happens best when people of different backgrounds come together to solve the world's toughest challenges and, in the process, can create new jobs and opportunities. I'm hopeful that updated immigration policies will encourage entrepreneurs from around the world to help tackle these opportunities in the U.S.”
“The biggest problem is startups in search of a problem. Chase what you're passionate about; you'll probably already have knowledge in the space.”
“With 100 million people, somebody is using your product in some interesting way. If you change it... you're going to break some use cases.”
“I was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and from an early age was interested in technology and engineering.”