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February 23, 2013 12:41 am GMT

Instagrams Kevin Systrom To Join Us For Disrupt NYC 2013

nyIn case you’re not vigorously refreshing ourDisrupt NYevents page like we are, TechCrunch Disruptis coming up. We’re receiving a record number of Startup Battlefield applicationsand watching the last batch pour in before the deadline on Monday. We’ve alsostarted to announce some of amazing special guests and speakers: Tickets for this year’s show can be found here. From pivot to iconic acquisition, there is perhaps no recent Valley success story more symbolic than that of Instagram and its cofounder Kevin Systrom. His saga, and the fact that he’s a sharp cookie, are why we’re delighted to have this Crunchies 2013 Founder Of The Year joining us on the Disrupt NYC stage. Systrom will be headlining along withpreviously-announced speakers Fred Wilson, Ken Lerer, Ben Lerer, Roelof Botha, Ron Conway, David Lee, and Kevin Ryan. Stay tuned for more updates and remember, if you want to apply for Startup Battlefield, do so before Monday, February 25th. More info on applying can be found here. Kevin Systrom Co-founder, Instagram Kevin Systrom is a co-founder of Instagram, a photo sharing application for the iPhone. He also founded Burbn, an HTML5-based location sharing service. Kevin graduated from Stanford University in 2006 with a BS in Management Science & Engineeringhe got his first taste of the startup world when he was an intern at Odeo that later became Twitter. He spent two years at Googlethe first of which was working on Gmail, Google Reader, and other products and the latter where he worked on the Corporate Development team. Kevin has always had a passion for social products that enable people to communicate more easily, and combined with his passion for photography, Instagram is a natural fit.

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