WhatsApp founder Jan Koum explains why he charged $1 for the product to intentionally slow growth
Sam Altman recalls:
“I remember in 2011, people would say WhatsApp is never going to work because they charge a dollar and it’s a viral app and that’s
It is advised in business that " differentiate first your product or service and then scale later".
Because after scaling if we want to differentiate then it is tough and if we scale without differentiation then there is lot of cashburn required.
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Srivatsan Sreedaran
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Boeing • 1y
Get money first .... Fall in love later
#MondayMotivation
Another player in the market now. This seems to be a smart move given Ola’s large driver distribution.
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Havish Gupta
Figuring Out • 1y
Medial Featured on Think School's latest video!
Great move @Niket, to get quality users! 👏🏻👏🏻
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ProgrammerKR
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Medial • 6d
"Every idea is not unique, but every idea has the power to become something unique."
Successful startups are not only about new ideas but also about how well they are done. First, understand the market and the real problem. Then build a smart soluti
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Aastha Anand
Startup | VC | Autom... • 1m
If your investor doesn’t ask about your moat or assumes you’ll ‘figure it out’ later… run. Smart money wants defensibility from day one.
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Aryan Pandey
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Enactus • 1m
Building a startup is like being in a relationship—exciting at first, exhausting later, and expensive throughout.
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Comet
#freelancer • 3m
Bro changed his bio after Anupam Mittal said 'Good Influencer, Terrible Entrepreneur.
He made it funny and cool!
Do you think this was a smart move?
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Saket Sambhav
Adjuva Legal • 23d
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MR Yashwanth
Hey I am on Medial • 28d
hello guys I have a idea of designing a smart fuel tank for petrol quality estimation can you guys help me in giving some inputs about it