Evan Spiegel Quotes

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Evan Spiegel

Profession : Businessman

Birth : June 4, 1990

It's important to be thoughtful and mindful about the things you say to other people.

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Ephemeral should be the default.

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When we're in that kind of childish space, we're more genuine and feel more comfortable with our friends.

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People are going to copy your product if you build great stuff. Just because Yahoo has a search box doesn't make it Google.

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Someone will always have an opinion about you. Whatever you do won't ever be enough. So find something important to you. Find something that you love.

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Cars bring me sheer joy.

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I am a young, white, educated male. I got really, really lucky. And life isn't fair.

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One of the things I'm trying to get better at is apologizing when I make mistakes. That's been a big priority of mine.

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We never saw Google+ Circles or Facebook Lists as reflective of the way our friendships play out.

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We are not advertising ourselves as a secure platform. It's a communication platform. It's not our job to police the world or Snapchat of jerks.

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If we take a step back and look at what Snapchat is, it all starts with the camera.

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Generally speaking, the people who come to work at Snapchat believe in personal growth. It's part of why Snapchat's stories are ephemeral, because you will be a different person tomorrow.

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There is real value in sharing moments that don't live forever.

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Having been bullied growing up, it's something that's really near and dear to my heart. You probably won't have many friends on Snapchat if you're being a jerk.

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We believe that the next generation of powerful mobile companies have a deep understanding of the world as a unified whole, where digital and analog experiences affect each other rather than transporting analog experiences into the digital realm.

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Talking with pictures and making memories is universally appealing.

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I don't want to disrupt anything. We never conceive of our products as disruptive - we don't look at something and say, 'Let's disrupt that.' It's always about how we can evolve this and make this better.

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Typing and read receipts make a lot of sense for messaging. You write a letter, you put it in an envelope, you send it to a friend, and you want to know when they get it. It's like FedEx - they let you know when the package gets dropped off.

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The fun thing about Snapchat is really the surprise and the joy that comes from learning how to use it.

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We're kind of looking at a future where people acknowledge the hybridization of digital and analog, and appreciate and understand that they both affect each other.

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