商业：Snapchat在融资前是如何解决服务器的开销的

How did Snapchat handle server costs before it got funded?Chris Koerner, CEO/Founder at LCDcycle (2012-present)Updated Apr 20 · Upvoted by Vijay Nadadur, Co-Founder & CEO, Stride.AI (A Techstars Company)Coming from wealth really helps.Evan Spiegel’s parents were both Ivy League educated and he lived in a mansion close to the ocean in Southern California.Snapchat didn't take off as quickly as Instagram did - 25k downloads on it’s first day. But when it did start getting traction it ramped up quickly.Evan ultimately borrowed cash from his grandparents to pay the server bills, and then his partner put in a few grand.When Jeremy Liew of Lightspeed Partners noticed that his daughter used Snapchat nonstop, they decided to invest.TLDR: When you come from money, you know even more people with even more money. Server bills are relatively small at the stage they were in, especially when the success of the app seemed to be in hand already.4/19/17 Edit/Clarification: I'm not saying that Evan having rich parents caused Snapchat to be successful, or that wealth is bad. I'm just saying it's a fact of life that generally speaking, a startup has a greater chance of success when there's more cash at one’s disposal.Thanks for reading,Chris Koerner