How Instagram's Co-Founder Spent His Year After Facebook's $1 Billion Acquisition
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1. About one month after the Facebook sale, Systrom and Krieger took their team on an off-site spring trip to Napa.
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2. Systrom stopped by his old high school, Middlesex boarding school, a few days later.
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3. There, he paid a visit to his old photography professor.
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4. In New York, Instagram was recognized as the "Breakout of the Year" and received a Webby Award.
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5. For Memorial Day weekend, Systrom spent time with friends at The Parker in Palm Springs.
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6. Then it was off to NYC for the Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic which Systrom attended with one of his investors, Thrive Capital's Joshua Kushner.
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7. The jetsetting continued. Systrom spent mid-June in London, where he ate this for brunch one morning.
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8. Systrom returned state-side to finish out the month at a friend's wedding, then lounged on a boat in Lake Tahoe.
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9. Meanwhile, the Instagram team was still hard at work. In mid-August, Instagram 3.0 was released.
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10. Systrom and his girlfriend Nicole flew up to Oregon and spent some time at the shore.
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11. And in early September, Systrom set off abroad again.
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12. This time, he headed to Tokyo.
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13. He took this shot while jogging by the Imperial Palace there.
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14. After a long summer of travel, on September 17, Systrom started work at Facebook's headquarters in Palo Alto.
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15. Working at the Facebook headquarters came with some perks. Here's Systrom meeting singer/celebrity Carly Rae Jepson.
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16. Down in LA, Systrom got to play DJ for the West Hollywood Halloween Carnival. He did the same one month earlier in Vegas with actor Adrian Grenier.
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17. In early December, Systrom took off for Europe again, this time to Paris.
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18. He spent his birthday and New Years in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. He took a few quick trips to Jackson Hole over the winter.
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19. In late February, Instagram hit its 100 millionth user.
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20. In late March/early April, about one year after the Facebook acquisition, Systrom and his girlfriend relaxed in Hawaii.
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