If you’ve ever been in a long distance relationship or travel abroad, you know how difficult and expensive it can be to stay in touch with the people you love. WhatsApp co-founders Brian Acton and Jan Koum recognized this need and created a lasting service that helps people stay connected, no matter where they go in the world.
Take a look at these six quotes from Koum and Acton that explains how they made a product that sold to Facebook for nearly $19 billion five years after creating it.
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“We’re the most atypical Silicon Valley company you’ll come across. We were founded by thirtysomethings; we focused on business sustainability and revenue rather than getting big fast, we’ve been incognito almost all the time, we’re mobile first, and we’re global first.”
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“We won’t stop until every single person on the planet has an affordable and reliable way to communicate with their friends and loved ones.”
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“‘We are providing a richness of experience and an intimacy of communication that e-mail and phone calls simply can’t compare with.”
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“We focus a lot on the quality of experience, speed, reliability. It’s not sexy from a lot of people’s perspective, it’s not glitzy in the feature set, but it’s what people come to rely on.”
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“We do have a manifesto opposing advertising. We’re proud of that. Who likes advertising? We’re so bombarded with ads so much in our daily lives and we felt that smartphones aren’t the place for that.”
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“It’s not hard to sell a company, but if you look at [leading online] companies today like Facebook, Google, Yahoo and Twitter, they didn’t sell. They stuck around and built a great offering for users.”
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“Do one thing, and do it well.”
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