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I forget which venture capitalist first said it, but a very wise thought is this: if it has become easier for any single app to garner millions of users rapidly...

This may be referring to cdixon's "Increasing velocity" post: http://cdixon.org/2012/04/11/increasing-velocity/

It's a hugely important idea that doesn't get enough attention.



Dixon also said "10mm is the new 1mm users" right? I've heard that cited quite often recently by VC's.


Alex here from TNW - yeah, that sounds right. Will take a look when I get a second and try to add it in.


On second read, that's not the post I had in mind. Much love to @CD, but I think it was a Fred Wilson post that I have in mind.




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