Recode Decode: Snap CEO Evan Spiegel (Live at Code 2018)

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Vox Media Podcast Network

Business, Technology

4.2 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2018

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Evan Spiegel, the co-founder and CEO of Snapchat maker Snap, talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher at the 2018 Code Conference. Spiegel talks about why Snapchat underwent a controversial redesign, why it partially reversed that decision and what he learned from the backlash. He also discusses how he’s evolving as a CEO since Snap’s IPO in 2017, having learned that leading a public company “requires a bit more grit.” He also addresses the departure of a female engineer who accused the company of having a toxic male-driven culture, calling her objections a “wake-up call.” Plus: How Spiegel thinks about “traditional social media,” i.e. Facebook, lifting features from the Snapchat app, and why it will be “harder” to copy those features in the future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Cara Swisher, Editor at Large of Recode.
0:03.6	You're listening to Recode Decode from the Vox Media Podcast Network.
0:07.0	Today, we're going to play an interview from the 2018 Code Conference,
0:11.5	which I co-produced with Recode's Executive Editor, Peter Kafka.
0:14.8	This is an interview I did with Evan Spiegel, the CEO of Snap.
0:18.3	Let's take a listen.
0:21.8	Social media turns out as important to our country as it turns out.
0:25.8	So we have a lot to talk about in these next two sessions.
0:28.4	The first person I'm bringing out is someone who's been at Code Before.
0:31.2	I was here many years ago, just pointed out to me.
0:33.5	Someone I think is really creative, really interesting entrepreneur,
0:37.2	has had a tough time since he went public and lots of issues.
0:40.6	But he's here to talk about that.
0:42.4	He just got bothered by my 13-year-old explaining what he didn't like about the app.
0:47.4	But, and my 16-year-old just sent me a whole long list of things,
0:50.6	so we're going to go into that.
0:51.9	So without further ado, Evan Spiegel, co-founder and CEO of Snap.
0:58.4	Oh, cool.
0:59.4	Yeah.
1:03.4	Oh, one of the things you just congratulations, he just had a baby.
1:12.4	You can just say congratulations, Tim.
1:14.4	How's it going so far?
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