“I’m only inviting three angel investors into the deal,” he said. “It’s you, Jack Dorsey, and Adam D’Angelo.” D’Angelo was the founder of Quora and previously the chief technology officer of Facebook, whom Systrom had met when he was a Stanford student. The flattery worked. “That’s pretty badass,” Sacca said. Then he asked about some features he sensed were missing. “When we get to ten, fifty million users, we might be able to turn that on, but for now we’re just focused on keeping the product simple,” Systrom answered. Sacca was floored. Millions of users? Systrom had fewer than 100 beta
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