nicole

The culture they have and that Evan tries to cultivate there is like “I don’t care what other people have done in the past. We’re doing things our way here.” Which I think you really got to admire, it’s what’s gotten Snapchat to where it is.

[7:52] I will not book work in my calendar, I will only book the finished product in my calendar. [8:42] ...what this does is that it gives me full freedom but also a lot of forced deadline to get this thing done by then, so I'm telling myself I don't care when you do this, I don't care when you find the time, like just do it whenever, however fast... See more

It wasn’t an asset that either company had but the process of the acquisition itself forced them to get good at the thing that would determine their future success.

“A startup should only launch for one of three reasons: number one, either you need more users or customers to sell to. Number two, you need more capital to spend. Or number three, you need more candidates to hire.”

[3:04] The second part of the day is reserved for activities which are high energy because I'm still buzzing at this point, and also activities that require a little less resistance to do. (High Energy + Low Temptation)

Facebook has integrated, through Instagram, content and distribution within one single company, within one single app or constellation of apps.

One of the unusual things about my book is I've always tried to be very careful to make sure that everything maps back to value. So if you said what is the fundamental assumption of this book, it's that strategy and value are mathematically – they’re duals. And so the mapping function from that desire to join the site versus actually being able to ... See more

With intrinsic motivation, we do things because they are inherently interesting and satisfying. With extrinsic motivation, we do things to earn rewards and achieve external goals. That's the problem with rewards, they massively undermine intrinsic motivation. That's why gamification does not work, and when gamification does work, it is because the ... See more