Mike Krieger

My dad worked for different companies that made whiskey for a long time, so we were definitely whiskey drinkers. Growing up, my…

— 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…

— 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…

— Mike Krieger

Having a scriptable infrastructure requires upfront work but can pay huge dividends in bringing new engineers onto your infra team, as well…

— 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…

— Mike Krieger

Computer vision and machine learning have really started to take off, but for most people, the whole idea of what is a…

— 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…

— 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…

— Mike Krieger

Just because you've Googled something doesn't mean you've learned.

— 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…

— Mike Krieger

I think the biggest challenge over time is that we stay creative and making sure that we continue to launch awesome products…

— Mike Krieger

People want to share their photos publicly with lots of people.

— Mike Krieger

People want to share photos with only their friends and loved ones.

— Mike Krieger

You have to tailor yourself to everybody. Sometimes people need a firmer hand; some people you can have a laugh with, and…

— 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…

— Mike Krieger

It took less time to build 'Instagram' than it did for me to get my work visa. The app was an instant…

— Mike Krieger

Working on a startup is a balancing act: being crazy enough to believe your idea can take off but not crazy enough…

— Mike Krieger

Don't spend months building something without any idea if someone actually wants it.

— Mike Krieger

Innovation happens best when people of different backgrounds come together to solve the world's toughest challenges and, in the process, can create…

— Mike Krieger

Software is like gardening - one day I'll go behind the shed and clean up. But if nobody ever goes there, does…

— Mike Krieger

Focus on doing the right things instead of a bunch of things.

— Mike Krieger

Doing the simple thing first doesn't mean your solution will work forever.

— Mike Krieger

Since I was born and raised in Brazil, the steps to becoming an entrepreneur in the United States have not always been…

— Mike Krieger

When I was a student and rushing to finish a project, my gut instinct was usually to keep adding all kinds of…

— Mike Krieger

When I came to the United States in 2004 to attend university at Stanford, I was instantly inspired by the stories and…

— Mike Krieger