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"Best proof is Instagram founder Kevin Systrom." Ouch. I hope we're not going to start saying that the extent of Instagram's success was planned and inevitable
by dean 14y ago
"Best proof is Instagram founder Kevin Systrom."
Ouch. I hope we're not going to start saying that the extent of Instagram's success was planned and inevitable due to the great founders. Let's be honest, it's a great app, but they won the lottery. It's not every day a super-rich guy decides he needs your app, and is willing to stunningly overpay for it. (I'm sure Instagram would have jumped at $50 million if it was ever offered.)
I don't know Kevin Systrom. I'm sure he is as you say, a great 'sales and technical' entrepreneur. But Instagram's success in terms of their sales price is not reproducible. It's random. Like the lottery.
- glanch 14y agoYou sure about that? Dude built an app that did photo sharing better than anyone else. Of course FB had to get their hands on it. That wasn't _just_ luck. That took vision, determination, execution.. and yes, _some_ luck.