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Gaurav Misra

05/02/25

@ EO

Snapchat was one of the first companies to utilize video for consumer use, especially short videos, which immersed me in the video space.

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The App We Almost Deleted-Now a $500M Success | Gaurav Misra, Captions

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The App We Almost Deleted-Now a $500M Success | Gaurav Misra, Captions

05/02/25

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a16z Cast

03/26/25

@ a16z

Snapchat's My AI bot, which reached 150 million users, provided many younger consumers their first real interaction with a large language model (LLM).

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Nikhil Kamath Cast

04/20/23

@ Nikhil Kamath

Snapchat's success with disappearing pictures and ephemeral content shows the potential for platforms that cater to younger audiences who enjoy feeling misunderstood by adults.

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Y Combinator Cast

11/01/17

@ Y Combinator

The struggle for interestingness in video content is crucial for success, and Snapchat's lenses effectively addressed this by making content more engaging for both creators and viewers.

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Gaurav Misra

03/27/25

@ Lenny's Podcast

Snap's unique product development approach, where designers function as product managers, enabled their success as the last major social network to break through.

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Gaurav Misra

03/27/25

@ Lenny's Podcast

Innovating continuously was crucial for Snap to fend off competition from larger social networks, which often tried to stifle its growth.

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Doug McMillon

04/24/25

@ Stanford Graduate School of Business

Short-form video and live streaming are growing trends in retail, and we're leveraging social commerce to fulfill orders through social media platforms.

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Young Zhao

09/21/24

@ EO

I co-founded a social app called Sober, aimed at helping people socialize after drinking, but it failed shortly after Snapchat launched, which had a similar concept.

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Y Combinator Cast

10/09/24

@ Y Combinator

WhatsApp and Instagram, both small teams at the time of their acquisitions, leveraged Apple's platform to achieve significant growth and impact.

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Jarvis Johnson

05/01/19

@ Y Combinator

The first video that gained traction for me was a humorous take on technical interviews in the software industry, which went viral after I posted it in a Facebook group.