Quotes by Evan Spiegel

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Evan Thomas Spiegel is an American Internet entrepreneur who is the co-founder and CEO of the mobile application Snapchat.
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Cars bring me sheer joy.

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It's not about working harder; it's about working the system.

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Ephemeral should be the default.

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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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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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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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There's this weird thing that happens when you contribute something to a static profile. You have to worry about how this new content fits in with your online persona that's supposed to be you. It's uncomfortable and unfortunate.

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TheIinternet is a timeless void - you put something in there, and it's there forever and loses a lot of context.

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People started conceiving of their friends as networking tools, like, 'Friend me so you can be friends with someone else,' or, 'The more people you know, the more networked you are.' But we see real value in having a fun conversation with your friend...

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It seems odd that at the beginning of the Internet, everyone decided everything should stick around forever.

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We've never been anti-permanence. We just belief deletion should be the default.

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The essence of conversation is not which media format we choose to talk to each other with, so we don't differentiate between snaps and chats. It's just someone wanting to talk to you.

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I think, with any new product that's difficult to understand, there are always lots of questions and criticism. I think we have all the right criticism. We're just going to keep executing on what we believe.

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We don't want to own people's photos. We want to help them communicate with friends in whatever way makes them happiest.

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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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What Snapchat said was if we try to model conversations as they occur, they're largely ephemeral. We may try to write down and save the really special moments, but by and large, we just try to let everything go. We remember it, but we don't try to sa...

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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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The feed was probably the biggest innovation in social media of late. But the interesting thing about a feed is that the more content you consume, the farther in time you go.

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Technology businesses in general are susceptible to hacking. That's why you have to work really, really, really hard with law enforcement, with security experts, internal and external groups, to make sure you're paying attention and addressing securi...

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Author Bio

  • NameEvan Spiegel
  • DescriptionAmerican businessman
  • AliasesEvan Thomas Spiegel
  • BornJune 4, 1990
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionComputer Scientist; Entrepreneur