5 Reasons FourSquare Posted 3,400% Growth Last Year

Sometimes, a lot of little things add up fast. And to big numbers. See how this happened for FourSquare.

Okay, double-digit growth is usually something to celebrate … but quadruple-digit growth? That’s pretty impressive. So, it’s hardly surprising that FourSquare is thumping its chest a bit on its corporate blog. After all, the young company’s 3,400 percent growth in 2010 justifies a bit of bravado.

So, how did FourSquare pull this off? Let’s take a look at five factors that drove the company’s meteoric ascent:

1. More check-ins than Americans: of course, FourSquare is a global social media application (I picked up a few mayorships when I was in London last week, for example); there have even been check-ins from North Korea! Nonetheless, 381,576,305 check-ins in 2010 is pretty impressive.

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