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title: "2 App Quotes By Mike Krieger"
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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-krieger/in-2010-the-night-before-we-launched-instagram-v1-my-co-founder-kevin/)

[Mike Krieger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-krieger/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/910/mike-krieger-18464_app_in-2010-the-night-before-we-launched-ins_733631.jpg)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-krieger/it-took-less-time-to-build-instagram-than-it-did-for-me-to-get-my/)

[Mike Krieger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-krieger/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fb/mike-krieger-18464_app_it-took-less-time-to-build-instagram-tha_1940623.jpg)

## More by Mike Krieger

> [My dad worked for different companies that made whiskey for a long time, so we were definitely whiskey drinkers. Growing up, my friends would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-krieger/my-dad-worked-for-different-companies-that-made-whiskey-for-a-long/)

[Mike Krieger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-krieger/)

> [In high school, one of the things I loved doing was this after-school program where you would teach computer skills to some of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-krieger/in-high-school-one-of-the-things-i-loved-doing-was-this-after-school/)

[Mike Krieger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-krieger/)

> [I grew up not liking coffee, even though I'm from Brazil. Then I realized when I moved to San Francisco that it's not that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-krieger/i-grew-up-not-liking-coffee-even-though-i-m-from-brazil-then-i/)

[Mike Krieger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-krieger/)

> [Having a scriptable infrastructure requires upfront work but can pay huge dividends in bringing new engineers onto your infra team, as well as helping…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-krieger/having-a-scriptable-infrastructure-requires-upfront-work-but-can-pay/)

[Mike Krieger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-krieger/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-krieger/hearing-no-a-lot-of-times-usually-tells-you-either-you-re-crazy-or/)

[Mike Krieger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-krieger/)

> [Computer vision and machine learning have really started to take off, but for most people, the whole idea of what is a computer seeing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-krieger/computer-vision-and-machine-learning-have-really-started-to-take-off/)

[Mike Krieger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-krieger/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-krieger/in-2010-the-night-before-we-launched-instagram-v1-my-co-founder-kevin/)

[Mike Krieger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-krieger/)

> [In May of 2010, I joined Kevin Systrom, my co-founder, and we created 'Instagram', a mobile social network that today has over 15 million users.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-krieger/in-may-of-2010-i-joined-kevin-systrom-my-co-founder-and-we-created/)

[Mike Krieger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-krieger/)

> [Just because you've Googled something doesn't mean you've learned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-krieger/just-because-you-ve-googled-something-doesn-t-mean-you-ve-learned/)

[Mike Krieger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-krieger/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-krieger/with-100-million-people-somebody-is-using-your-product-in-some/)

[Mike Krieger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-krieger/)

> [I think the biggest challenge over time is that we stay creative and making sure that we continue to launch awesome products that people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-krieger/i-think-the-biggest-challenge-over-time-is-that-we-stay-creative-and/)

[Mike Krieger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-krieger/)

> [People want to share their photos publicly with lots of people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-krieger/people-want-to-share-their-photos-publicly-with-lots-of-people/)

[Mike Krieger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-krieger/)

> [People want to share photos with only their friends and loved ones.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-krieger/people-want-to-share-photos-with-only-their-friends-and-loved-ones/)

[Mike Krieger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-krieger/)

> [You have to tailor yourself to everybody. Sometimes people need a firmer hand; some people you can have a laugh with, and they concentrate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-krieger/you-have-to-tailor-yourself-to-everybody-sometimes-people-need-a/)

[Mike Krieger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-krieger/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-krieger/you-can-t-start-a-product-simply-by-building-it-you-have-to-know-why/)

[Mike Krieger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-krieger/)

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