Systrom: Companies never reach stable perfection; founders must choose their suffering
Kevin Systrom · Kevin Systrom & Mike Krieger: The Founders of Instagram Reveal their New Project "Artifact" | E981 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings · Feb 22, 2023 · at 11:06
Kevin Systrom is the co-founder of Instagram and Artifact. He reflects on the operational challenges and ongoing pressure of building venture-backed tech startups.
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“The myth that things are ever just in the stasis of good is totally BS, and what people need to realize is that, like Ray Dalio likes to say it's, like, not about avoiding suffering, and I'm paraphrasing here, it's about, like, learning to enjoy the suffering, or choosing the right suffering, because you're gonna suffer somehow, Now, choose the suffering that is, like, most enjoyable, where you get the most reward when you work through that suffering.”
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