Host: Stanford eCorner / guest speakers
Entrepreneurs and innovators share lessons from developing, launching and growing organizations at Stanford. Produced by Stanford Technology Ventures Program and published on eCorner. Includes talks and moderated audience Q&A; historical sessions retain their original recording dates and are not current company updates.
Read structured takeaways and actionable insights from Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders (ETL)
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Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders (ETL)
The Instagram co-founders challenge startup myths using their early experience with Burbn and Instagram. Their talk and audience Q&A cover finding problems, testing a simple product, selecting investors and working together as the company grows. Tina Seelig introduces the speakers and opens the audience Q&A. This is an Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders talk from Stanford Technology Ventures Program, not a Stanford GSB interview. The official session page dates it May 11, 2011 and lists 54:39; this YouTube upload is dated August 18, 2011 and runs 54:47. Duration here follows the linked video. Notes use recovered captions through the final competition answer, organized into untimed topics rather than invented chapters. Instagram user counts, team size, funding costs and technology examples reflect 2011, not current company facts. Fundraising and equity comments are the founders' historical views, not financial advice or a guarantee of funding. Their intense work schedule is a personal account, not a recommendation to neglect rest.
