Mike Krieger
9 statements across 3 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Sep 19, 2016 by Mike Krieger · said 12 times in 8 episodes since 2018 · across every show →
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2025 3 mentions in 1 episode
2023 1 mention in 1 episode
2021 1 mention in 1 episode
2019 4 mentions in 4 episodes 1 per episode
2018 3 mentions in 1 episode
Everything said about Mike Krieger, oldest first
Sep 19, 2016 neutral
Krieger: End users don't care about your startup's valuation or funding
“Your valuation and the amount you raise, it can be helpful in building your product, but it does absolutely nothing. People, end users don't care at all how much money you've raised. They care if you're providing some kind of value”
Sep 19, 2016 neutral
Nov 13, 2017 bullish
Systrom: Smartphone cameras would spark a visual communication revolution
“The fact that like these devices had a camera that would lead to a visual communication revolution where like all of a sudden people weren't just communicating with text and voice, but they had the chance to communicate with an image.”
Nov 13, 2017
Nov 13, 2017 positive
Krieger: Dropping app descriptive tags in press signals mainstream cultural arrival
“I noticed that the New York Times, when they would cover us, had stopped saying Instagram, comma, The photo sharing app, and then it was just Instagram. I'm like, oh, we are, we have now reached the point where they can assume that most of their readers know w…”
Dec 19, 2019 neutral
Krieger felt guilty leaving Instagram during the platform's public backlash
“I saw it less like, you know, the tide is changing, therefore it's time for us to leave, and in fact, it was like the other side, like, ugh, like, maybe, not to sound conceited, but like, maybe this is when we could be most needed and that was definitely like …”
Dec 19, 2019 neutral
Instagram launched without a block feature but built one within days
“Like, we didn't launch with a block feature, because we didn't need it at the beginning, or didn't think we needed it, and they're like, I don't want this guy on my Instagram, and we're like, oh yeah, that makes sense, and I think we had that out in like two o…”
Dec 19, 2019 neutral
Krieger recommitted to Instagram annually by assessing learning and impact
“I used to tell the team very openly, like every year, you know, I would sit down and like sort of recommit to Instagram and say like, am I still learning? Is this still exciting? I still feel like I can have impact. Or is it time for the next chapter?”
Dec 19, 2019
Systrom left Facebook due to exhaustion and desire for new projects
“That's why I think we ended up leaving, because you want a little break and recovery time, and then my personality is such that I'm excited about doing something new. Like, I, I'm just like, I'm always on to some new idea, And I don't know, it probably won't b…”