Evan Spiegel, Co-Founder of Snapchat - Innovating through Camera

Evan Spiegel is famous for rejecting a $3B buy offer from Facebook when Snapchat was only 2 years old, and he reportedly turned down a $30B attempt from Google 3 years later. Failing to acquire Snapchat, Facebook has copied many Snapchat features, most notably “Stories”.

Find out how Evan evolved Snapchat from a sexting app to a sexy camera company. He understands how valuable the camera is, defying Silicon Valley convention and he is truly a cultural tastemaker.

Chapters:
0:00 Intro to Evan Spiegel
0:24 The background of Evan Spiegel
1:26 The start of Snapchat (Picaboo)
2:02 Evan dropped out from Stanford
2:47 The success factors of Snapchat
3:39 Facebook tried to acquire Snapchat
4:36 Evan's business philosophies
5:15 Snap Inc went IPO in 2017

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Footage credit:
• Recode
• XRDSschool
• OtisCollege
• Red Bull
• Kappa Sigma Fraternity
• txtWeb
• stanfordlivelyarts
• Stanford
• ABC News
• Snapchat
• Snap Inc.