Apps
Who doesn’t dream of implementing a cool startup, the cost of which is estimated at amounts greater than the annual budgets of many countries? Probably everyone. This post is about those who not only dreamed, but tried to make their dream come true and were able to do it.
The most popular social network in the world, Facebook, appeared in 2004. At the time, it was very different from the current network. The first years of its existence “TheFacebook”, as it was then called, was available only to students, first at Harvard University, and later also some other educational institutions in the United States. Since 2006, already “Facebook” has become a site accessible to users from all over the world, aged 16 and over. In 2016, the number of active network users was 1.71 billion.
The social network Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg and his friends in one of the dorm rooms for Harvard students. Thanks to his startup, Zuckerberg became the richest billionaire in the world at the age of 23.
YouTube
The world’s largest video hosting YouTube, dates back to 2005 from the small town of San Bruno, California (USA). The Flash Video (FLV) technology used in it, which made it possible to obtain relatively high-quality video with a minimum amount of transmitted data, quickly gained popularity. Initially, YouTube was used as a non-profit entertainment platform. The first advertisement on the resource was posted with an apology to visitors and contained the text – “Not enough money to pay the plumber.” Already at the end of 2006, Google bought YouTube from developers for $ 1.65 billion.
Video hosting was founded by three former PayPal employees: Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Javed Karim.
The story behind the Instagram app did not start with Instagram at all. In 2010 in San Francisco, Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger puzzled over the implementation of the Burbn app. The guys finished their app and found it too feature-rich and overcomplicated. Not having the desire and strength to start all over again, Kevin and Mike cut out everything from Burbn except for photos, likes and comments. What remained later became known as Instagram. In 2011, hashtags, filters and some other features were added to the application. Until 2012, Instagram was only available for Apple devices. The application for Android platforms, which appeared this year, has been downloaded more than a million times per day. In the spring of 2012, Instagram bought out Facebook Inc, paying $ 300 million for the photo app in cash and about $ 700 million in company stock.
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Twitter became known to the world in 2006. The creator of the microblogging social network is a programmer and entrepreneur in one person, Jack Dorsey.
Jack Dorsey became interested in programming at the age of 14. His early work in logistics is still used today in taxi companies. The idea of creating a “short message service” came to him in his student years. Then he already wrote programs for various taxi call services and emergency services. After university, Dorsey went to work for Odeo, which developed and improved instant messaging programs. There, Jack Dorsey, along with programmer Biz Stone, created a Twitter prototype in two weeks. The idea immediately found fans and an investor in the person of the creator of the blogging service Blogger – Evan Williams. Dorsey, Stone, and Williams founded the company, from which Twitter Inc. soon spun out.
Tumblr
Tumblr is an analogue of Twitter, but with more functionality. The service is positioned as “the easiest way to blog.” Tumblr was founded by David Karp and main developer is Marco Arment. The microblogging network was released in 2007. Known for the fact that an application for BlackBerry smartphones was developed for Tumblr (before that there was an application only for Iphone). In 2013, Tumblr was acquired by Yahoo for $ 1.1 billion.
David Karp began work on the first Tumblr concept at age 20. Prior to that, he worked as a software consultant for the UrbanBaby Internet portal, whose main specificity is the topic of young parents. In 2009 he was named the best young entrepreneur in the field of high technology by BusinessWeek magazine.
Pinterest’s worldwide catalog of ideas was created in an apartment rented for work by the creator of the project, Ben Silberman. The first beta version of the site was released in 2010. At first, registration was by invitation only. Ben personally wrote the first 5,000 invitations. 9 months after launch, the number of Pinterest users reached 10 thousand. In 2012, registration on the site became open. In the same year, the project cost was estimated at $ 1.5 billion.
Ben Silberman worked for Google’s advertising group. After that, I worked on developing an application for the Iphone, together with my college buddy. And Ben’s next creation was Pinterest.