Aravind Srinivas: belief

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…So what wisdom do you gain from this idea that the initial search over Twitter was the thing that opened the door to these investors, to these brilliant minds that kind of supported you? I think there’s something powerful about showing something that was not possible before. There is some element of magic to it, and especially when it’s very practical too. You are curious about what’s going on in the world, what’s the social interesting relationships, social graphs. I think everyone’s curious about themselves. I spoke to Mike Kreiger, the founder of Instagram, and he told me that even though you can go to your own profile by clicking on your profile icon on Instagram, the most common search is people searching for themselves on Instagram. That’s dark and beautiful.…

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