In 2010, the night before we launched 'Instagram v1', my co-founder Kevin and I bet on how many people would download the app its first day in the wild. Mike Krieger More Quotes by Mike Krieger More Quotes From Mike Krieger Doing the simple thing first doesn't mean your solution will work forever. Mike Krieger solution doing simple work 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. Mike Krieger challenge time love people 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. Mike Krieger best innovation together people 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. Mike Krieger launch know you crazy 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. Mike Krieger you change people way 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. Mike Krieger you time long people 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. Mike Krieger you empathy age people Focus on doing the right things instead of a bunch of things. Mike Krieger right doing things focus 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? Mike Krieger nobody day gardening matter Just because you've Googled something doesn't mean you've learned. Mike Krieger just-because something just you Having a scriptable infrastructure requires upfront work but can pay huge dividends in bringing new engineers onto your infra team, as well as helping in disaster-recovery scenarios. Mike Krieger your new team work 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. Mike Krieger loved you high-school school I grew up not liking coffee, even though I'm from Brazil. Then I realized when I moved to San Francisco that it's not that I don't like coffee, I just didn't like the coffee I'd had before. I fell in love with my morning cup of coffee, and my second one at 11 A.M., and so on and so forth. Mike Krieger like coffee morning love My dad worked for different companies that made whiskey for a long time, so we were definitely whiskey drinkers. Growing up, my friends would get toy cars, and I would get swag from whisky companies. Mike Krieger friends dad time long 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. Mike Krieger prince reading writing love I remember, when I was in college, an anonymous donor gave Stanford students a year of 'Yahoo Music Engine'. Mike Krieger music students college remember 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. Mike Krieger facebook me work time People want to share their photos publicly with lots of people. Mike Krieger lots share want people People want to share photos with only their friends and loved ones. Mike Krieger loved friends want people 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. Mike Krieger you space problem knowledge
