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OUTLINE:

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(00:00) – Introduction

(08:26) – Origin of Instagram

(50:33) – New social networks

(1:09:38) – Selling Instagram to Facebook

(1:32:40) – Features

(1:36:47) – Facebook

(2:13:28) – Whistleblower

(2:24:47) – Machine learning

(2:34:45) – Advice for startups

(2:40:37) – Money

(2:46:37) – Love

(2:48:54) – Meaning of life