Empathy is key in the design process, especially when you start expanding outside of your comfort zone to new languages, cultures, and age groups. If you try to assume what those people want, you're likely to get it wrong. — Mike Krieger Copy Share Image
My dad worked for different companies that made whiskey for a long time, so we were definitely whiskey drinkers. Growing up, my friends would… — Mike Krieger Copy Share Image
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… — Mike Krieger Copy Share Image
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… — Mike Krieger Copy Share Image
Having a scriptable infrastructure requires upfront work but can pay huge dividends in bringing new engineers onto your infra team, as well as helping… — Mike Krieger Copy Share Image
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… — Mike Krieger Copy Share Image
Computer vision and machine learning have really started to take off, but for most people, the whole idea of what is a computer seeing… — Mike Krieger Copy Share Image
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… — Mike Krieger Copy Share Image
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. — Mike Krieger Copy Share Image
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. — Mike Krieger Copy Share Image
I think the biggest challenge over time is that we stay creative and making sure that we continue to launch awesome products that people… — Mike Krieger Copy Share Image
You have to tailor yourself to everybody. Sometimes people need a firmer hand; some people you can have a laugh with, and they concentrate… — Mike Krieger Copy Share Image
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… — Mike Krieger Copy Share Image
