Evan Spiegel

anticipated when we were first getting started.

You know, one of the big focus areas for me was learning how to communicate more effectively, you know, both to our team, but also, you know, here on a podcast or with the world.

I mean, so much of the job is about becoming a great communicator.

I remember I had the opportunity to meet President Clinton at one point in the early days of the company.

And he was like, you know, it's very interesting, you know, being president is really like being explainer in chief.

And your job is actually to just explain stuff to people and help them make sense of the world and the company and their role in it.

And I always thought that was really interesting.

And I go back to that a lot.

So much of my job is to explain things to our company and to our shareholders, to the world in ways that really make sense and can inspire folks and help us to all move in the right direction.

Yeah.

I think communication just becomes such a core skill.

And I think in the early days, I was unnecessarily dismissive of the really important role of communication.

You know, just doing it is really the only way, you know, and I remember that was really the advice like one of our board members gave to me because I was so reluctant.

I didn't want to do an all hands.

I didn't want to do Q&A, you know, in the early days of the company.

I was like, well, you know, I'll just send an email.

And he's like, what are you doing?

Like, he's like, too bad, Evan.

Like, this is your job.

And I think that was really, really good advice.