Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom knew all the right people in Silicon Valley to get take his startup from idea to $1 billion Facebook buyout. But it seems Systrom had connections to the social network throughout his career.
The New York Times released a background of Systrom’s career today, which opened on a scene the Instagram co-founder laid out for a group of Stanford students in May 2011 (see the speech here). He retold the night he and co-founder Mike Krieger launched the photo-sharing application, which is where his company had its first connection to Facebook.
To read the full, original article click on this link: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter: Everyone’s connected in Silicon Valley | VentureBeat
