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ok, fair. Spiegel came up with some new features for his app which people found interesting, and maybe even copied. That will make him an above average Product Manager, not a visionary leader in the caliber of Zuckerberg, Gates, Bezos, or the Google Duo; all these people are empire builders, they used their initial success acquire/build multiple billion dollar conglomerates that own multiple internet properties.

Granted, Spiegel has kept snap some what relevant all these years, but he is not an empire builder, and to be a big player in the social media space you need a leader who is an empire builder.



> they used their initial success acquire/build multiple billion dollar conglomerates

Snapchat currently has a market cap of $18B. Snapchat has acquired (at least, from my basic google search) 12 different companies.

Your measuring stick here is so extremely off.

I not-so-secretly hope Spiegel sees this, has a laugh, and updates his LinkedIn position to "above average Product Manager @ Snapchat"




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