{"id":8042,"date":"2016-09-12T14:39:45","date_gmt":"2016-09-12T12:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.powtoon.com\/blog\/?p=8042"},"modified":"2018-10-18T14:15:48","modified_gmt":"2018-10-18T12:15:48","slug":"powtoon-10m-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.powtoon.com\/blog\/powtoon-10m-users\/","title":{"rendered":"PowToon&#8217;s Rags-to-Riches Story (Or: How We Reached 10M Users)"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Read Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes <\/span><\/span><p><script src=\"https:\/\/fast.wistia.com\/embed\/medias\/y0ee1hstvr.jsonp\" async=\"\"><\/script><script src=\"https:\/\/fast.wistia.com\/assets\/external\/E-v1.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"wistia_responsive_padding\" style=\"padding: 56.0% 0 0 0; position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"wistia_responsive_wrapper\" style=\"height: 100%; left: 0; position: absolute; top: 0; width: 100%;\">\n<div class=\"wistia_embed wistia_async_y0ee1hstvr videoFoam=true\" style=\"height: 100%; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hey, wanna hear a crazy story?<\/p>\n<p>Around four years ago in a random cafe, a couple of friends \u2014 or shall we call them renegades? \u2014 got together to just hang out, and by chance they created something, well&#8230; RADICAL.<\/p>\n<p>At the time I was trying to figure out how I could make a pitch to clients that wouldn&#8217;t put them to sleep&#8230; or drive them to secretly browse Facebook under the table.<\/p>\n<p>The solution was obvious: &#8220;Why not use one of those cool, animated videos?&#8221; Which was a great idea&#8230;with just one <strong>HUGE problem<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>Animated videos cost thousands of dollars and take weeks for an agency to complete.<\/p>\n<h2>So&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p>Right then and there, with zero dollars in funding, zero customers and no software, we made the decision to build something that gives everyone the power to animate, just by pressing a few buttons.<\/p>\n<p><strong>And here&#8217;s where things get crazy&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Before we went live with Powtoon, I emailed a few friends and colleagues. 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