Posted on 12/17/2014 5:28:46 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster
Snapchat CEO lashes out after Sony leaks
By Cory Bennett - 12/17/14 05:25 PM EST
Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel said Wednesday that he was angry and devastated at the information leaked about his disappearing messaging app as a result of the Sony hack.
Good chunks of Snapchats business plans were revealed Tuesday when the cyberattackers that hit Sony dumped Sony Pictures CEO Michael Lynton's email catalogue.
Lynton sits on Snapchats board of directors and had numerous candid email exchanges with Spiegel about hiring practices, possible acquisitions and potential future products.
I felt like I was going to cry all morning, said Spiegel in a letter sent to Snapchat staff that he later shared on Twitter. Spiegel defended his companys right to keeping its blueprint private.
We keep secrets because we get to do our work free from judgement until were ready to share it, he wrote. We keep secrets because keeping secrets gives you space to change your mind until youre really sure youre right.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
I felt like I was going to cry all morning,
Ya sissy. Grow some.
PS. I ain’t got nuthin against a grown man crying. It’s real healthy. Unless it’s because of a business problem. That’s just metrosexual territory.
"I'm gonna tell you something you'd know if you'd ever spent a day in your life: You never open your mouth until you know what the shot is."
The picture is from an old movie called THE KEEP.
It was a rather obscure reference to something bad happening if one doesn’t follow the ...never... advice.
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