Snapchat Slideshare Company Presentation
- 1. Snapchat Lily Hashemi lilyhash
- 2. What is a snap?
- 3. Videos, Stories, and Chats
- 4. Financials • Received $163 million total in funding • Valued at $10 billion as of August, 2014 • Does not make revenue…yet
- 5. History • Fall 2010: Reggie Brown walks into a room with Evan Spiegel and wishes for an app that sent disappearing photos • July 13, 2011: Picaboo launched on App Store • August 16, 2011: Co-founders Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy change the name to Snapchat • Fall 2011: Spike among high school students • Fall: 1,000 users —> Winter: 20,000 users —> Spring: 100,000 users • April 2011: Lightspeed invested $485,000 and valued the company at $4.25 million • Fall 2013: Facebook tried to buy Snapchat for $3 billion
- 6. What’s Hot • Came out with new form of advertising in the form of snap stories • Stories of live events going on around the world
- 7. Secret Sauce • More intimate and exclusive than standard social media • Don’t have to worry about self-censorship • Changed how we communicate
- 8. Snaps Bringing People Together
- 9. Competitors • Facebook Poke • Silent Circle • ClipChat
- 10. Snapchat is revolutionizing social constructs, while giving hope to young startups