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How Instagram Has Stayed Nimble As They Approach 10 Million Users

Earlier today at TechCrunch Disrupt, Instagram co-founder and CEO Kevin Systrom was on a panel with Eric Ries and Scott Cook talking about Ries' "Lean Startup" concept. In many ways, Instagram can now be viewed as perhaps the poster child of running lean — they have just six employees and they're just shy of 10 million users. But it's about more than just having a small workforce, Systrom says. It's about staying nimble as you grow. In the video above, we talk about that and a bit more about Instagram.
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Earlier today at TechCrunch Disrupt, Instagram co-founder and CEO Kevin Systrom was on a panel with Eric Ries and Scott Cook talking about Ries’ “Lean Startup” concept. In many ways, Instagram can now be viewed as perhaps the poster child of running lean — they have just six employees and they’re just shy of 10 million users. But it’s about more than just having a small workforce, Systrom says. It’s about staying nimble as you grow. In the video above, we talk about that and a bit more about Instagram.


CrunchbaseCompany:InstagramWebsite:instagr.amLaunch Date:September 14, 2011Funding:$7.5M

Instagram is a photo sharing application for the iPhone. It allows you to quickly take pictures, apply a filter, and share it on the service or with a number of other services. The team behind it is also behind Burbn, a location-based service that works with HTML5-compatible web browsers.

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