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How to Get Users and Grow by Gustaf Alströmer

Startup School by Y Combinator

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Facebook Stories Hit the Limit on People That Speak English

Facebook's growth story shows how forecasts can be wrong. The company is now one of the most popular social networks in the world. It was once predicted that facebook would only have 400 million users by 20 15. But it has grown to more than 1 billion people on a very large platform. So if there's anything we can learn from this, i think everyone should try and scrap every forecast they've ever been given.

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