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Vishu Bheda
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Google tried to buy this zero-revenue startup for $1 Billion. Then Mark Zuckerberg countered with a $19 BILLION offer & everyone called him insane. Now, that "startup" is used by 2 Billion people. How Mark Zuckerburg quietly made the best tech investment ever: In June 2009, Appleโs iOS 3.0 introduced push notifications. Most overlooked it, but WhatsAppโs founders saw revolutionary potential for real-time messaging. Their genius innovation? Using phone numbers as usernames. โข No "create username" โข No "forgot password" โข No "find friends" Your phone book WAS your social network. By 2014, WhatsApp was a beast: โข Adding 1M new users DAILY โข 70% daily active users (higher than Facebook) Then came the dinner that changed everything: Larry Page had already offered $1B for WhatsApp. Zuck made his pitch: You're building the future of communication. We're building the future of connection. Together, we could connect everyone on Earth. The price? $19 billion. Follow for more
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