Unicorn WarriorBrainiac How UpWork got its first users? In 2003, Odysseas Tsatalos and Stratis Karamanlakis, wanted to work together despite the distance between them (one in Greece, the other in the USA). They came up with oDesk.It was a platform that helped companies connect with potential contractors and workers. At first, it was a staffing …
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How Snapchat got its first users?
BrainiacUnicorn Warrior How Snapchat got its first users? Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy had a vision to revolutionize the manner in which people communicated. They introduced an innovative app called Picaboo that promised sending disappearing messages – a concept that was novel at the time. Despite their efforts to generate buzz through outreach to journalists …
How Spotify got its first users?
Unicorn WarriorBrainiac How Spotify got its first users? Spotify AB was Spotify’s prototype. Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzo wanted to make the platform as lightweight and intuitive as possible. They aimed at fighting piracy in the music market.The only music alternative for illegal Napster was iTunes, with $2 per single song. Ek and Lorentzo wanted …
How AppSumo got its first customers?
Unicorn WarriorBrainiac How AppSumo got its first customers? Noah Kegan says he built AppSumo for $50. He wanted to create a website with discounts for premium services on various platforms. He started browsing the net and stumbled upon Reddit.Redditors were posting a lot of links with Imgur pictures from Imgur Pro accounts. Kegan spotted an …
How OnlyFans got its first customers?
Unicorn WarriorBrainiac How OnlyFans got its first customers? OnlyFans is a website where people pay a subscription fee to get special content from their favorite celebrities and stars. The idea came from OnlyFans founder, Tim Stokely, who noticed people were looking for adult content on platforms like Reddit, Instagram, and Snapchat. But these performers were …
How Medium got its first customers?
Unicorn WarriorBrainiac How Medium got its first customers? When Evan Williams was founding Medium, there was no place where people could write longer posts. Previously, Evan had co-founded Twitter.He noticed the demand for longer writing as Twitter limited the length of posts to 140 characters. Medium was supposed to be something between Pinterest and Twitter. …
How Tinder got its first users
Unicorn WarriorBrainiac How Tinder got its first users Tinder was once named “Matchbox,” but the name was changed to “Tinder” because it sounded better and made people think of fire and warmth. The people who made Tinder first tried it out with college students at the University of Southern California. They got the phone numbers …
How Canva got its first customers?
Unicorn WarriorBrainiac How Canva got its first customers? Fusion Books, which was Canva’s predecessor, was Melanie Perkins and Cliff Obrecht’s initiative to assist schools in creating yearbooks of better quality for the learners. Perkins made some extra cash during her studies giving other students lessons about design. She realized their need for an easy-to-use graphic …
How Netflix got its first customers?
Unicorn WarriorBrainiac How Netflix got its first customers? It was called Kibble during its beta. It was sending DVDs with movies to people who ordered them online. The packages contained the movies ordered together with a sleeve for sending the DVDs back. The company paid all the shipping costs.Before Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph set …
How Uber got its first users?
Unicorn WarriorBrainiac How Uber got its first users? UberCab was founded in 2009. Garrett Camp and Travis Kalanick had only three cars at that moment. The idea was born on a winter evening when the two couldn’t get a cab. They thought that taking a ride with a simple screen tap would be a great …