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It is likley social marketing and other startups on the below list have helped Codecademy, an annual service that sends weekly how-to-write-code tutorials, to have one of the fastest starts for a startup — 100,000 members in two days.<\/p>\nIt is likley social marketing and other startups on the below list have helped Codecademy, an annual service that sends weekly how-to-write-code tutorials, to have one of the fastest starts for a startup — 100,000 members in two days.<\/p>\n
The Buisness Insider has ranked the top 15 startups and the time it took them to reach one million users:<\/p>\n
Relaunched Path \u2013 2 weeks
\nOink app \u2013 3 weeks
\nInstagram \u2013 2.5 months
\nSpotify- 5 months
\nFab \u2013 5 months
\nDropbox \u2013 7 months
\nFacebook \u2013 10 months
\nFoursquare \u2013 13 months
\nPinterest \u2013 20 months
\nGilt Groupe \u2013 24 months
\nTwitter \u2013 24 months
\nTumblr \u2013 24 months
\nOne Kings Lane (home decor) \u2013 26 months
\nAirbnb \u2013 30 months (estimated)
\nKickstarter \u2013 30 months<\/p>\n
Fred Wilson, a venture capitalist and principal of Union Square Ventures who has an investment in Codecademy, blogged about why he thought the Codecademy campaign worked so well per PSFK:<\/p>\n
1) an awesome idea. \u201cgive me your email address, we\u2019ll send you interactive coding lessons weekly\u201d is a damn good idea.
\n 2) well timed \u2013 launching as a \u201cnew year\u2019s resolution\u201d is genius. but also launching in a \u201cdead news period\u201d was equally genius. jan 1st and jan 2nd of this year were slow news days.
\n 3) the landing page is clean, simple, and well designed. the call to action is simple. here\u2019s a blog post from the designer explaining how that page was designed.
\n 4) the use of twitter and facebook to spread the word is simple and powerful. after you give your email address, you are given the option of tweeting out or posting to your wall.
\n 5) a small ask. they didn\u2019t ask for money, the service is free. they simply asked for an email address, something everyone has and most are willing to share in return for real value.<\/p>\n
If you are on the hunt for new startups you might want to keep an eye out for pitches posted on The Board at HEDGEAnswers.com and check out what is already trending as bland and hot for 2012.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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