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Suneel Mekala
Full Stack Developer... • 1d
"𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁𝘀𝗔𝗽𝗽’𝘀 $𝟭𝟵𝗕 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗹𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗗𝗶𝗱𝗻’𝘁 𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻—𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗡𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻" 𝗜𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟰, 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁𝘀𝗔𝗽𝗽 𝗳𝗼𝗿 $𝟭𝟵 𝗕𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻—𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗰𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿. But here’s the crazy part: 𝗜𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻’𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻. Jan Koum and Brian Acton (WhatsApp’s founders) 𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗱𝘀 and 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆. They had 𝗻𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲, just 𝟱𝟬𝟬𝗠 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀 and a burning belief in privacy. When Facebook first approached them, they said NO. Then, something changed. Mark Zuckerberg flew to meet them personally. Instead of pushing ads or data mining, he promised: → 𝗡𝗼 𝗮𝗱𝘀. 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿. → 𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲. → 𝗔 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻-𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽. That’s when Koum and Acton finally said yes. 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗽𝗮𝘆 $𝟭𝟵𝗕 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝘁𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗽𝗽? Because Zuckerberg saw what others missed: → WhatsApp was the future of communication. → Its growth was unstoppable (1M new users/day). → It was a defensive move—keeping it away from Google or Apple. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗟𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻: Most founders chase revenue too early and compromise their vision. WhatsApp did the opposite—they scaled first, monetized later. By the time they sold, they had leverage because: ✅ Users loved them (no ads, no spam). ✅ Their growth was organic (no marketing spend). ✅ They held firm on their principles. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆: If you’re building something big, don’t monetize too soon. Focus on: 𝟭. 𝗨𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘁𝗵 𝟮. 𝗥𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀 𝟯. 𝗡𝗲𝗴𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵 Because when you own the future, the money follows.
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