I'm not doing a complete 180 on bootstrapping and building businesses... but this weekend I had a discussion about hipstamatic launched in early 2009 which was bootstrapped and instagram venture backed and launched in oct 2010.
here's a little summary I generated:
\- Hipstamatic launched in 2009, available for a direct purchase price with additional in-app purchases for lenses, films, and filters.
\- Instagram, founded in October 2010, quickly focused on social networking and received significant VC funding: $500,000 in February 2011 and $7 million in April 2011.
\- Instagram's user growth was rapid, reaching 1 million users by December 2010, 10 million by September 2011, and 30 million by April 2012.
\- Instagram was acquired by Facebook in April 2012 for approximately $1 billion.
\- Hipstamatic's focuses mainly on its niche market of photography enthusiasts without significant public funding or acquisition events
johnsBeharry / Johns from Peak Shift Ltd.
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