Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" Good companies are always fundraising. Whether you're meeting people or considering firms, you're always fundraising. "

Related Quotes:

" 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. "

" Mobile has created a totally different dynamic for discovering apps. You're sitting in a bar, and your friend is taking some pictures, and then you ask what app they're using. "

" You can build a filter app get people really excited, but the way to keep them is to provide long-term value. Long-term value is, in fact, being its own network. "

" Our goal is to allow people to use whatever app they want to get photos into 'Instagram'. "

" I've always had a passion for technology, photography, startups, and connecting people. Bringing those aspects together made me successful. "

" Really, we're just taking people and shifting them from taking photos anyway to taking them on 'Instagram'. "

" The major reason why Instagram works is that you can follow anyone out there and start following their photos immediately. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" One of the earliest requested features was to do premium filters where a brand could sponsor a filter. It's just not in our wheelhouse. It doesn't feel 'Instagram'-my in the way that the high-quality brand ads do. "

" I don't foresee a future where people don't have some sort of phone that's like a computer. I don't foresee a future where those phones don't have cameras in them. That spells a future where smartphones are the status quo. You have to ask yourself how you allow people to communicate what's in their lives. "

" Our goal is really to make sure that 'Instagram', whether you're a celebrity or not, is a safe place and that the content that gets posted is something that's appropriate for teens and also for adults. "

" I grew up as a photo nut. Every Christmas I would get a new camera. It's a huge part of my life. "

" Do what you love, and do it well - that's much more meaningful than any metric. "

Do What You Love

" 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. "

" People don't work in a dotcom because they have to. There are many professions that don't require that sort of time. But people sign up because they want to make world-changing differences, to build something that affects millions of people. "

" I actually think some of my best moments in life have been while I was with people from Instagram - whether it's super late nights getting a release out or being able to travel to places I'd never visited and meeting some of the most interesting people I've ever met. "

" If you've got an idea, start today. There's no better time than now to get going. That doesn't mean quit your job and jump into your idea 100% from day one, but there's always small progress that can be made to start the movement. "

" I think not focusing on money makes you sane because in the long run it can probably drive you crazy. "

" 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. "

" When you're introducing a mobile app, you look around and say, 'We could be doing 15 different things, but how do we communicate to someone why they would want to download and even sign up for this thing?' "

" Brands, musicians, and public figures were among the first to embrace video on 'Instagram', and we've been impressed with how brands have extended their reach with video ads. "

" 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. "

" When people say that college isn't worthwhile and paying all this money isn't worthwhile, I really disagree. I think those experiences and those classes that may not necessarily seem applicable in the moment end up coming back to you time and time again. "

" 'Instagram' can engage generations of people that may not be on Facebook yet. I think that's true with 'WhatsApp,' and I think that will be true with things like Oculus. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" A platform is the base from which something big happens. In our case, we're an entertainment platform in the sense that there are people signing up like MTV, Burberry, folks like Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber. And why? Because it's their channel to control their entertainment to their fans. "

" 'Instagram' doesn't exist in a vacuum. We're not a bunch of siloed individuals. It's a bunch of people coming together on topics, fashion, you know, youthful teens, creatives, photographers, foodies, everyone coming together and building a community around the things they love, communicating visually. "

" 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. "