Steven

Have you had any acquisition offers since that conversation with Mark Zuckerberg once upon a time. Do people still try and buy the company like these days?

Another thing that I admired when I was reading about the way you run Snapchat is this idea of having a council. Oh, amazing. Wow, okay. Can you tell me about this? Because I might want to steal.

Another thing that I admired when I was reading about the way you run Snapchat is this idea of having a council. Oh, amazing. Wow, okay. Can you tell me about this? Because I might want to steal.

What is the essence of it? It's just get a small team in a certain department around a table and let everybody speak from the heart, listen from the heart, and be spontaneous? Yes.

What is the essence of it? It's just get a small team in a certain department around a table and let everybody speak from the heart, listen from the heart, and be spontaneous? Yes.

As a leader, how do you know in those situations whether to listen to your team or not to listen to your team? Because, you know... It sounds quite risky for a founder, I'm not saying this is what you do, but for a founder to run their company on consensus, i.e. making sure everybody agrees on something.

As a leader, how do you know in those situations whether to listen to your team or not to listen to your team? Because, you know... It sounds quite risky for a founder, I'm not saying this is what you do, but for a founder to run their company on consensus, i.e. making sure everybody agrees on something.

And we're actually seeing this in the post-pandemic world with this whole like remote work debate where some companies originally were, okay, everybody's going to be remote. And then it went back to a lot of companies are like, no, come back into the office. And I mean, if you ask a team, they're probably not going to all say, let's run back to the office. But as a CEO, you have to make a call.

And we're actually seeing this in the post-pandemic world with this whole like remote work debate where some companies originally were, okay, everybody's going to be remote. And then it went back to a lot of companies are like, no, come back into the office. And I mean, if you ask a team, they're probably not going to all say, let's run back to the office. But as a CEO, you have to make a call.

And what is the remote policy with Snap at the moment?

And what is the remote policy with Snap at the moment?

Okay. And did you ever move on that? Was there ever a moment in the pandemic where you thought...

Okay. And did you ever move on that? Was there ever a moment in the pandemic where you thought...

How was that received?

How was that received?

For any entrepreneurs that are out there now listening to our conversation, and they're at the very beginning of their journey, and they're thinking about so many different things, so many different problems, their products aren't working, their customers are complaining. When you think about the principles of being successful as an entrepreneur that are transferable across all industries...

For any entrepreneurs that are out there now listening to our conversation, and they're at the very beginning of their journey, and they're thinking about so many different things, so many different problems, their products aren't working, their customers are complaining. When you think about the principles of being successful as an entrepreneur that are transferable across all industries...

Have you defined what those principles are in your mind to be successful in any endeavor? We talked about some of them already. We said about culture, we said about hiring. Is there anything else that you've come to learn in your wisdom that entrepreneurs like me should be thinking a lot about as fundamental principles of success?

Have you defined what those principles are in your mind to be successful in any endeavor? We talked about some of them already. We said about culture, we said about hiring. Is there anything else that you've come to learn in your wisdom that entrepreneurs like me should be thinking a lot about as fundamental principles of success?

Can you care too much? I don't think so. Sounds stressful, though, caring that much. I thought in your book you talk about – Don't talk about my book. I'm not disagreeing. I'm just playing devil's advocate.