Evan Spiegel
Evan Spiegel
Evan Thomas Spiegelis an American Internet entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and CEO of the mobile app Snapchat, which he created with Bobby Murphy and Reggie Brown while they were students at Stanford University...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth4 June 1990
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
dear near
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.
default deleted saved
It would be better for everyone if we deleted everything by default and saved the things that are important to us.
affect analog believe companies deep digital generation mobile next powerful rather understanding unified
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.
sharing
There is real value in sharing moments that don't live forever.
largely model save
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 save it.
preserve urge
The intent to preserve and capture something is very different from the urge to share, but they had become intertwined.
conceiving conversation networking people
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 friends.
future people trying
In the future, we'd like to support upcoming artists, people that are trying to be actors.
advertise companies create figure people social teams
The social marketing teams of big companies will always figure out a way to advertise on Snapchat. I'd like to create a space for people who have a lot of talent but not a lot of reach.
learning surprise
The fun thing about Snapchat is really the surprise and the joy that comes from learning how to use it.
We've never been anti-permanence. We just belief deletion should be the default.