“I saw the market first, I created Picplz, and I went for it. I was a huge believe in the mobile photo-sharing opportunity, and I went for it with all of my heart. Clearly, Picplz didn’t win, but I have ZERO shame or regret for doing my best.”
Picplz creator Dalton Caldwell, on the one billion reasons why he lost out to Instagram, Hacker News, 21 April 2012
“It jumped the shark when it went to Android.”
Apple marketing chief Phil Schiller, on why he deleted his account on the Instagram photo-sharing service in a fit of operating-system pique, 9to5Mac, 19 April 2012
“When in doubt, defer to the entrepreneur.”
Journalist turned venture capitalist MG Siegler, summing up why he left truth-telling for stake-selling, Parislemon, 10 April 2012
“With the support and cross-pollination of ideas and talent at a place like Facebook, we hope to create an even more exciting future for Instagram and Facebook alike.”
Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom, on selling out his photo-sharing service’s 30 million users to a company best known for its creative ideas about privacy, Instagram Blog, 9 April 2012
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