Doing the simple thing first doesn't mean your solution will work forever. Mike Krieger foreversimplesolution Change image and share on social
When I was a student and rushing to finish a project, my gut instinct was usually to keep adding all kinds of features. It's a way of papering over the fact that you haven't quite nailed your concept yet. Mike Krieger addconceptfact share on social
Computer vision and machine learning have really started to take off, but for most people, the whole idea of what is a computer seeing when it's looking at an image is relatively obscure. Mike Krieger computerideaimage Change image and share on social
I remember, when I was in college, an anonymous donor gave Stanford students a year of 'Yahoo Music Engine'. Mike Krieger anonymouscollegedonor Change image and share on social
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 acquireagreeapp Change image and share on social
Every year, thousands of startups are founded - not only in technology, but increasingly also in health care, education, and energy. Mike Krieger careeducationenergy Change image and share on social
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 afternoonbuildconfuse share on social
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 appbetday Change image and share on social
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 breakcasechange Change image and share on social
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 crazyfinallyhear Change image and share on social