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" We make interesting companies and real businesses. It's not social networks for cats. "
Harper Reed
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" Startupfest is a very positive conference. I think a lot of it has to do with how different culturally it is from other startup or tech conferences. "
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" I think there are a lot of hurdles between a normal consumer brand figuring out their mobile strategy - let alone their chat app strategy - and programming a Facebook Messenger chatbot. "
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" The information diet of a senior campaign staffer is insane. We were all addicted to our chosen email delivery devices and were aggressively tethered to them. It made sense and wasn't an issue during the campaign because of the importance of the situation. However, once the campaign was over and we were successful, the information flow dried up. "
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" I love books that stand the test of time. "
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" We are often celebrating technology and codes, but we don't really think about the creative side. "
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" We see these wonderful apps that really have changed our world in many good ways such as Uber or Airbnb, but at the same time, they're drastically changing the workforce. And they're changing them so much that the industries themselves are not able to keep up. "
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" If you get a WhatsApp message, you're probably going to open it. That's the interesting thing. "
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" Taking time to do something slower than you normally would is a privilege that should not be ignored. "
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" I never would wish technology failing on any sort of opponent or enemy. "
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" I've had a lot of bosses that I didn't agree with, but the worst boss was very much me myself. So, I can't let myself slack off, and if I do slacking off, I'm the one that's yelling at myself. I've worked with a lot of different employers, and none of them have been as aggressive as I have been. "
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" One of my favourite books about hackers is 'Masters of Deception' about this hacking group in the 1990s. Many of them didn't come from wealthy families. These are kids that are very intelligent; they just happen to be misdirected. "
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" Our goal is to solve a problem for the retailer, not to solve a problem for my ego - which is big. "
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" I have to say that you don't really know stress until you know that the path of the free world is resting a little bit on your shoulders. "
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" If there's one thing about Chicago, we take care of our own. "
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" When I look for new books, I often struggle to find things that challenge and entertain me. This has caused me to spend a number of cycles thinking about where I can get the serendipitous book discovery experience that we had in physical book stores. "
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" PayPal's been around forever. How do we use that platform to solve the future of commerce? "
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" There is the egoism of technologists. We do it because we can create. I can handle all of the parameters going into the machine, and I know what is going to come out of it. "
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" All of this conversation about chat and assistance lays the groundwork for what I would look at as the future of commerce. "
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" The digital team who were running Twitter, they weren't just going to put out a tweet for fun. They're going to try and figure out how do we measure the impact. Then they'd tweet it, and if it worked, great. "
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" Myself, I have a philosophy degree and a fake computer-science degree. I say fake because I really didn't learn anything. "
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" The first thing is - and this is very important - I support the unmonitored use of the Internet for everyone. It doesn't matter what country you're in or what you do for a living - everyone should have the right to an unmonitored Internet. "
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" The main ideas for us are scale, stability, and audience. "
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" The thing about Snapchat is it is ephemeral, so you don't - it's not like a video that you post to YouTube and then everyone can see it. It's this video that you get to share this kind of very intimate experience again, this very kind of genuine experience with another person in a more one-on-one sort of way. And I really appreciate that. "
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" I try and wake up relatively early. I listen to some music and check Twitter. I also make sure I weigh myself and check how long I slept. I do that because knowing that data seems better than not knowing it. "
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" I'm not a very patient person in general. "
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" Instagram is amazing, and I enjoy sharing photos there. However, I don't think it is where my photos will go to live. "
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" Data is what powers all of us and our lives. It is ubiquitous among our now-connected lives. I love how it is now the oxygen of our Internet world. "
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" Google Photos is great. I enjoy using it to curate my photo collection online. The integration on iOS to Apple Photos is a bit too much voodoo for me. "
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" I don't drink coffee; I drink a lot of green tea and water. "
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