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#369: Kevin Systrom — Tactics, Books, and the Path to a Billion Users
The Tim Ferriss Show
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#369: Kevin Systrom — Tactics, Books, and the Path to a Billion Users
The Tim Ferriss Show
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Tim Ferriss, Kevin Systrom
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Apr 25, 2019
#369: Kevin Systrom — Tactics, Books, and the Path to a Billion Users
The Tim Ferriss Show
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Apr 25, 2019
Top Moments
There’s nothing in the world that can substitute for real
experience
Instagram Founder Kevin Systrom's Experience With the Mayfield Fellows Program
Follow your passion. As long as you’ve thought through it, and you’ve done the math, go for it and don’t let people stand in your
way.
What Would Instagram Founder Kevin Systrom put on a billboard?
A lot of people say you should love what you do. I agree, but I think it’s more you should love what you’re shooting
for.
Love What You're Shooting For, Not What You Do
The key to entrepreneurship is failing really quickly – putting things out there, seeing if it works, and if it doesn’t, diagnosing why and focusing on how to improve it from
there
As a Startup, How Do You Know When to Pivot?
People just aren’t wired to give honest feedback, they’re wired to avoid conflict - "But without the truth, you can't improve"
Getting Honest Feedback Is Hard Because People Like to Avoid Conflict
There is incredible power in having people around you...Trying to do it all yourself is a recipe for not only getting it wrong, but also not being able to get back
up
A Common Mistake Entrepreneurs Make: Not Having a Team
I think a big part of knowing you’re right is working as hard as you can to prove you’re
wrong
To Find Out if You're Right, Work as Hard as You Can to Prove You're Wrong
If you ever ask someone to rate something from 1-10, don’t allow them to use a 7
Getting Honest Feedback Is Hard Because People Like to Avoid Conflict
Make sure you’re actually solving a
problem
Advice For Entrepreneurs That Usually Is Ignored
People love to make their lives more difficult than they need to
be
A Core Value at Instagram: "Do the Simple Thing First"
Most of the successful people I know have TONS of bad idea – they’re just good at editing them
out
To Find Out if You're Right, Work as Hard as You Can to Prove You're Wrong
If you want to learn a new skill, there’s nothing like sitting down with a nonfiction book on the
topic
How Kevin Systrom Chooses Which Books to Read
For nearly every rule that someone might prescribe. There's probably a counterexample the say leader of which would prescribe the exact
opposite.
A Common Mistake Entrepreneurs Make: Not Having a Team
The right thing to do is sometimes the simplest, and it’s often the most
effective
A Core Value at Instagram: "Do the Simple Thing First"
By hiring people way better than you…you actually end up creating the best possible
team
Kevin's Hiring Philosophy at Instagram
If something doesn't exist in the world, and it's a problem that can be solved, then that's what you should go
do
The Story of How Instagram Came to Be
Timing is everything...the number of amazing ideas that either came too early or too late, you got to have that essential element of timing and it's the hardest to
predict
Instagram Founder Kevin Systrom Reflects on His Internship at Odeo
On the many failures along the way of building Instagram - “Every time one of these failures would occur, what was the other option besides getting back up…a desk job?”
Kevin Recounts the Struggles of Building his Startup
Fun fact - YouTube used to be a dating website
As a Startup, How Do You Know When to Pivot?
Getting knocked down is a really common thing no matter where you are in your career, no matter where you are in your progress of building
something
Kevin Recounts the Struggles of Building his Startup
Any system is most constrained by its slowest process
A Lesson Kevin Learned From Supply Chain Management
Don’t try to write for the entire
world
Advice For Entrepreneurs That Usually Is Ignored
Intros & Ads
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Tim Ferriss Introduces Kevin Systrom
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Kevin Systrom Has Gifted the Book 'Principles' the Most
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A Core Value at Instagram: "Do the Simple Thing First"
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The Story of How Instagram Came to Be
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Instagram Founder Kevin Systrom's Experience With the Mayfield Fellows Program
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The Golden Personality Test
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How to Read a Book Most Effectively
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Instagram Founder Kevin Systrom is Obsessed With Reading
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Instagram Founder Kevin Systrom Reflects on His Internship at Odeo
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What Kevin Systrom Learned From Twitter Founder Evan Williams
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As a Startup, How Do You Know When to Pivot?
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To Find Out if You're Right, Work as Hard as You Can to Prove You're Wrong
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Getting Honest Feedback Is Hard Because People Like to Avoid Conflict
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Kevin Recounts the Struggles of Building his Startup
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Selling Instagram to Facebook and the Struggles That Came With It
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Kevin's Hiring Philosophy at Instagram
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A Lesson Kevin Learned From Supply Chain Management
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How Kevin Systrom Chooses Which Books to Read
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Top Book Recommendations From Tim Ferriss and Kevin Systrom
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Advice For Entrepreneurs That Usually Is Ignored
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A Common Mistake Entrepreneurs Make: Not Having a Team
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What Would Instagram Founder Kevin Systrom put on a billboard?
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Love What You're Shooting For, Not What You Do
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Kevin Systrom on The Tim Ferriss Show Episode Outro
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AD: FreshBooks
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