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Instagram Captures 100,000 Mobile Photo Addicts In Less Than A Week

27 pointsby thieleover 14 years ago

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huangmover 14 years ago
While Instagram's "overnight" success is certainly impressive, it's worth noting that this wasn't the team's first product. Instagram was a "pivot" from Burbn, an in-browser foursquare of sorts.<p>Founder/CEO Kevin Systrom tells the full backstory on Quora here: <a href="http://www.quora.com/Instagram/What-is-the-story-behind-Instagram?q=instagram" rel="nofollow">http://www.quora.com/Instagram/What-is-the-story-behind-Inst...</a>