Dave Morin
Dave Morin
Dave Morin is an American entrepreneur, angel investor, and the CEO and co-founder of the social network Path. A former manager at Facebook, he co-created the Facebook Platform and Facebook Connect...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
CountryUnited States of America
uncomfortable harder hard
There are a lot of things that are uncomfortable and hard to do, and the longer you put off those things, the harder they get.
consent contrary invites path sent spam
Path does not spam users. Invites on Path are never sent without a user's consent - any allegations to the contrary are false.
bedroom conversation happened home house love people private sleeping
People love having a home. People love going to their house and sleeping in their bedroom and having a conversation around the dinner table. You don't particularly think of that conversation as a private conversation; you just think of it as something that happened in your home.
concept create product start super trying
When you set out to create a new product, you usually do not start by trying to think of something completely new. You think of a product or concept that is already 'normal' to the world and then try to make it better. You make it Super Normal.
time users
Any time you build a network, you have to help users find their friends.
list suggested yours
We give you a list of suggested friends to connect with who are already on Path. We notify you when other friends of yours join Path.
certainly connect facebook future hope partner path users
We certainly hope that Facebook allows users to connect with their friends on Path and with any other partner applications in the future.
constant creative demand immense oftentimes process puts
As creators, we feel constant demand for innovation from the world. This puts immense pressure on the creative process and oftentimes can have a dampening effect.
advice entrepreneurial
My best entrepreneurial advice is to start.
keys innovation ordinary
Innovation often starts with the ordinary. They simply took what was "normal", and added a twist. They added an innovation. The innovation solved a key problem of the "normal" use case that we all already understood.
long simplicity clarity
Simplicity is about clarity of thought and being willing to stay in a problem long enough to come to a solution, though it could be right in front of you.
night two iphone
I have two iPhones, one for day and one for the night.
phones defense use
I don’t use a ring of any kind on my phone. This is so that I am always on offense and never defense.
trying way use
If I learned one thing working at Facebook: If users are trying to use your app in a certain way, get out of their way and let them.