Evan Spiegel Quotes

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Evan Spiegel

Profession : Businessman

Birth : June 4, 1990

If I had a ringtone, it would probably be Neil Diamond.

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I feel like I'm finally learning how to use Twitter, and Tweetbot has been a huge part of that. The interface is awesome, and it lets me easily manage two accounts at once.

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I text nonstop, and I love emoji. I'm also on the phone quite a bit for work - probably more than 10 calls per day.

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I keep hearing about battery innovation, but it never makes it to my phone.

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The intent to preserve and capture something is very different from the urge to share, but they had become intertwined.

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Creating a representation of yourself for the Internet stopped making sense when we were all on phones and connected everywhere.

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Traditional social media, in the view of our company, has become a bit repetitive. It doesn't feel very good to be marketed to by your friends. Snapchat is different because it says, look, friends aren't valuable to you just because they can get you into a cool party.

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I snap with my mom. It was a great way for me to see my dog when I was in college. We send selfies, too.

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It's no surprise companies that quickly grow in value attract those who may want to also profit from the hard work of others.

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In tech in particular, everyone is so serious all the time and has these grand visions.

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Snapchat really has to do with the way photographs have changed. Historically, photos have always been used to save really important memories: major life moments. But today... pictures are being used for talking.

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When we look at social media, we really look at it on a continuum, and the continuum is from accumulation to instant expression.

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I think diversity is a challenge everywhere.

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I'm not a great manager; I try to be a great leader. And for me, that's been going through a process of not how to be a great CEO but how to be a great Evan, and that's really been the challenge.

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I just try really hard to be me, and sometimes that means I'm unfiltered. I try to give people myself because I think making a great product is being in touch with how you feel about things and being able to express things. I really hope I can stay in touch with how I feel about things and I'm able to express that.

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Online one day, you log in, and you realise, 'This is not me.' Everything you're posting, you're doing it in the context of everything you've posted before. Let's delete everything, save the stuff that's important, and then you only have to organise the one per cent that's worth keeping.

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Five years ago, we came to the realization that the camera can be used for more than capturing memories. We showed it can be used for talking. The dream for us is expanding the camera and what it can do for your life. It has capabilities beyond making memories.

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Conforming happens so naturally that we can forget how powerful it is. But the thing that makes us human are those times we listen to the whispers of our soul and allow ourselves to be pulled in another direction.

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We no longer have to capture the 'real world' and recreate it online. We simply live and communicate at the same time.

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