Jessica mentions the Codecademy team launched 2 days before Demo Day and managed to signup 200k users. If I remember correctly, they launched on HN through a Show HN thread.. and so on..
What I really want to know is, how many of those initial 200k users stuck around? I was one of them and I have only signed in maybe twice since their launch.
So what does that mean? they leveraged the curious users to get VC interest? Did they really engage me, us, the 200k? is that a false positive?
I guess if the net result is a positive one Today, none of this really matters.
Really I would think it doesn't matter. With that kind of interest (even if it just of the curiosity kind, rather than the stickiness kind), then it's a definite flag that you're onto something.
So, even if the 200k users never came back, there was clearly something interesting about the concept to get that much attention. And with the right development, the next 200k people can be convinced to stay around.
It's a lot easier to convince 200k people for a second look than it is to find 200k in the first place.
Jessica mentions the Codecademy team launched 2 days before Demo Day and managed to signup 200k users. If I remember correctly, they launched on HN through a Show HN thread.. and so on..
What I really want to know is, how many of those initial 200k users stuck around? I was one of them and I have only signed in maybe twice since their launch.
So what does that mean? they leveraged the curious users to get VC interest? Did they really engage me, us, the 200k? is that a false positive?
I guess if the net result is a positive one Today, none of this really matters.