335: Kevin Systrom | Life Lessons from an Instagram Founder Part One
The Jordan Harbinger Show
Jordan Harbinger
4.8 • 12.3K Ratings
🗓️ 6 April 2020
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Kevin Systrom (@kevin) is a computer programmer and entrepreneur who co-founded Instagram in 2010 with Mike Krieger. This is part one of a two-part episode. Look out for part two later this week!
What We Discuss with Kevin Systrom:- Why founding a startup now is probably easier for the average aspiring entrepreneur than ever before.
- What famous brands have pivoted radically from their origins to become massively successful (including Instagram).
- How to get honest feedback (and know when you should listen to it).
- How to get honest feedback (and know when you shouldn't listen to it).
- The simple idea that led to the creation of Instagram, and what made it stand out in a seemingly saturated market.
- And much more...
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the show, I'm Jordan Harbinger. |
| 0:05.7 | As always I'm here with my producer Jason DeFilippo. |
| 0:08.2 | On the Jordan Harbinger show we decode the stories, secrets and skills of the world's |
| 0:12.2 | most brilliant people and turn their wisdom into practical advice that you can use to |
| 0:16.3 | impact your own life and those around you. |
| 0:18.9 | We want to help you see the matrix when it comes to how these amazing people think and |
| 0:22.1 | behave. |
| 0:23.1 | We want you to become a better thinker. |
| 0:25.2 | If you're new to the show we've got episodes with spies and CEOs, athletes and authors |
| 0:29.6 | thinkers and performers, as well as toolboxes for skills like negotiation, body language, |
| 0:34.6 | persuasion and more. |
| 0:36.0 | So if you're smart and you like to learn and improve, you'll be right at home here with |
| 0:39.6 | us. |
| 0:40.6 | Today Kevin's System Founder of Instagram. |
| 0:43.4 | This is an app that nearly everyone uses and was one of the hottest tech unicorns in |
| 0:47.3 | history, making the founders billionaires and changing the way people share and interact |
| 0:52.1 | online. |
| 0:53.1 | This is a two part episode because we went so long. |
| 0:55.7 | His conversation is just packed with goodness, including how to get feedback and when not |
| 1:00.8 | to listen to it, how he got the idea for Instagram and how we can take some of that strategy |
| 1:05.7 | and implement it in our own lives, why he stopped posting on Instagram even though it was |
| 1:10.2 | his own app, hiring and problem solving advice and what do you do with yourself once you |
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