How Instagram Delighted 1 Billion Users....but Almost Didn't

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English - January 16, 2020 00:00 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MB
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Podcast Notes Key Takeaways The best products solve a specific problem When launching a new product, reach out to as many journalists/newspapers as possible for a possible storyWith your product, have a good answer to the question: “What job do our customers hire our product to do?”Serve your users“Serve the people that use your product day in and day out. Build what they want. Build what they’re asking for. Whether it’s verbal or not, they’re asking for more stuff.” – Kevin Systrom“All great ideas are going to get told ‘no’ by a LOT of people” – Kevin Systrom“Don’t let the negativity get to you… Be objective about the feedback that’s coming back and ask yourself, ‘Do I have data to support it or not?'”A simple metric for choosing what to work on: Follow your energy

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Find out how Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger trusted their instincts and overcame rookie mistakes on the way to building Instagram, which now gets close to 100 Million photos uploaded a DAY.