Despite not being able to launch our photo roll product, we recognized its potential, and several companies showed interest in it, indicating it could be the photo app of the future.

In the early days of Google Photos, we observed that while many users dropped off quickly, a stable percentage remained engaged, which gave us confidence in the product's potential for growth.

I believed strongly that Google Photos would be a billion-user product, so I continued to work on it despite being told not to, which led to conflicts with my bosses.

Once we received approval, our team from Bump collaborated with Google engineers to build Google Photos from scratch in about nine months, launching it in 2015.

After being told to leave the team twice, I leveraged my connections in the industry to gain support for building Google Photos, and ultimately, we got the green light to proceed.

Eventually, I gathered support from engineers who wanted to build Google Photos instead of the assigned social network, despite our bosses' explicit instructions not to pursue it.

To create a product like Google Photos that billions will use, you must be fully committed and understand that success rarely follows a straight path; expect failures and challenges along the way.

The core idea of Google Photos was to create a home for all of your life's memories, making photos and videos easily accessible and organized through AI technology.

Google Photos was a hit from day one, growing rapidly and becoming one of the fastest-growing products of all time, reaching over a billion users in less than four years.