

Flipboard had huge momentum and appeared to have a bright future ahead.įast forward to today: ways to consume digital content are almost as abundant as amount of content available, and Flipboard is just another player in a sea of offerings. funneled $210M into the company, at an $800M valuation. Top names in tech including KPCB, Dustin Moskovitz, Ashton Kutcher, Jack Dorsey, etc. Apple lauded Flipboard as the best iPad app of 2010. Flipboard’s beautiful design, reminiscent of high-end magazines, and intuitive navigation led to rapid user growth: Flipboard was in Apple App Store’s top 100 apps for 18+ months straight. When Apple launched its first tablet in 2010, the founders of Flipboard immediately saw an opportunity to create a central hub for magazines, digitally.
