Does anyone have a theory on what enabled Instagram to get to 27m users with only 13 employees in 2012, and why that still seems very difficult today despite all the SASS products helping startups?

Some game companies also used to release a new game monthly in the 90s, without code completion, Copilot, Git, Github!

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IIRC improved iPhone camera launched right there. I suspect it was a good measure of luck. 

There were lots and lots of filter photo apps at the time. There were also lots of taxi/ride-sharing apps when Uber launched. The retconning usually features the app as providential in its success. :)

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Facebook got worse and most of the photo apps like Snapchat were short-term fun but Instagram seemed more lasting with their initial focus not on stories but posts; and it was also connected to tinder 😁

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