{"podcast":{"title":"Evan Carmichael - Believe: Unlocking Your True Potential","slug":"evan-carmichael-believe-unlocking-your-true-potential-7782439","podcast_index_feed_id":7782439,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/VG1351083921","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/074fd9b2-22fd-11f1-aa74-c37b65d58710/image/d21af84025caf5e7aa998f7b981e189b.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Evan Carmichael","episode_count":223,"summary":"Welcome to #BelieveNation, the only channel that helps you believe in yourself daily, one video at a time. I’m Evan Carmichael, and I’m on a mission to solve the world’s biggest problem: people don’t #Believe in themselves enough. Here, you’ll get daily videos to build your belief, unlock your potential, and take bold action toward your dreams. Evan Carmichael is a serial entrepreneur, global speaker, and creator of the #Believe movement, dedicated to solving what he considers the world’s biggest problem: untapped human potential. In this audio series, he breaks down the daily habits, mindsets, and core strategies of billionaires, industry titans, and high-achievers so listeners can effectively model their success. From his famous \"Top 10 Rules\" segments to in-depth analyses of world-class leaders, he delivers actionable advice on building momentum, eliminating self-doubt, and scaling a profitable business. Whether listeners are aspiring founders, established creators, or professionals looking to level up, this feed provides the consistent, daily push required to build a life and business that matter. Hit follow to join Believe Nation and start unlocking true potential today.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-20T14:20:19.311450+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/evan-carmichael-believe-unlocking-your-true-potential-7782439"},"episode":{"title":"How Evan Spiegel Turned A \"Stupid\" Idea Into The Snapchat Empire","slug":"how-evan-spiegel-turned-a-stupid-idea-into-the-snapchat-empire","published_at":"2026-07-17T14:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/evan-carmichael-believe-unlocking-your-true-potential-7782439/how-evan-spiegel-turned-a-stupid-idea-into-the-snapchat-empire","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/evan-carmichael-believe-unlocking-your-true-potential-7782439","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/VG4049081942.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/VG4049081942.mp3","summary":"✎ Get free access to our vault of PDF summaries for every YouTube video here: https://believe.evancarmichael.com/the-vault ✎ Check out my NEWEST video: https://goo.gl/E0eE6m ✎ To get more details on all the research and studies mentioned in this video check out the articles below: https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2021-02-22/snap-hits-100-billion-market-value https://www.alphr.com/business/1010208/who-is-evan-spiegel-snapchat/ https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/10/the-birth-of-snapchat/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_Spiegel https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/nov/13/snapchat-facebook-buyout-offer-rejected https://www.businessinsider.com/best-quotes-by-evan-spiegel-snapchat-ceo-2015-7 https://thunderbit.com/blog/snapchat-statistics-need-to-know ✎ Evan Spiegel, the co-founder and CEO of Snapchat, was laughed at in a Stanford class for an idea where photos disappear after being viewed. He teamed up with Bobby Murphy and Reggie Brown to build the first version called Peekaboo, but it failed and led to a co-founder dispute. Instead of quitting, Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy rebuilt the app, rebranded it as Snapchat in 2011, and slowly grew it through high school and college users. By 2012, Snapchat hit over 1 million daily users, and Evan even dropped out of Stanford to focus fully on the company. ✎ In 2013, Snapchat exploded in growth, reaching hundreds of millions of snaps sent per day as celebrities and teens embraced the app. That same year, Facebook offered Evan Spiegel $3 billion to buy Snapchat, but he turned it down at just 23 years old, choosing long-term vision over quick money. Snapchat kept growing, launched Stories, added AR lenses, and went public in 2017 as Snap Inc. with a $33 billion valuation. Evan Spiegel became the youngest CEO of a public…","meta_description":"✎ Get free access to our vault of PDF summaries for every YouTube video here: https://believe.evancarmichael.com/the-vault ✎ Check out my NEWEST video: ht…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1275,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/evan-carmichael-believe-unlocking-your-true-potential-7782439/episodes/how-evan-spiegel-turned-a-stupid-idea-into-the-snapchat-empire/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/evan-carmichael-believe-unlocking-your-true-potential-7782439/how-evan-spiegel-turned-a-stupid-idea-into-the-snapchat-empire.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}