#243 – Kevin Systrom: Instagram

Kevin Systrom is the co-founder and former CEO of Instagram. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Theragun: https://therabody.com/lex to get 30 day trial - NI: https://www.ni.com/perspectives - GiveWell: https://www.givewell.org/ and use code LEX to get donation matched up to $1k - Blinkist: https://blinkist.com/lex and use code LEX to get 25% off premium - Fundrise: https://fundrise.com/lex EPISODE LINKS: Kevin's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kevin/ Kevin's Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevin Kevin's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinsystrom PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips SUPPORT & CONNECT: - Check out the sponsors above, it's the best way to support this podcast - Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman - Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman - Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman OUTLINE: Here's the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) - Introduction (08:26) - Origin of Instagram (50:33) - New social networks (1:09:38) - Selling Instagram to Facebook (1:32:40) - Features (1:36:47) - Facebook (2:13:28) - Whistleblower (2:24:47) - Machine learning (2:34:45) - Advice for startups (2:40:37) - Money (2:46:37) - Love (2:48:54) - Meaning of life