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Suneel Mekala
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"๐๐ผ๐ ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝโ๐ $๐ญ๐ต๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐น๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ปโ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ปโ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ป ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ก๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป" ๐๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฐ, ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ $๐ญ๐ต ๐๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ปโ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ด๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐พ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ. But hereโs the crazy part: ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ปโ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป. Jan Koum and Brian Acton (WhatsAppโs founders) ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ and ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ณ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐. They had ๐ป๐ผ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ, just ๐ฑ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ 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: โ ๐ก๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐. ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ. โ ๐๐๐น๐น ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ. โ ๐ ๐บ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป-๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ. Thatโs when Koum and Acton finally said yes. ๐ช๐ต๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ $๐ญ๐ต๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ณ๐ถ๐๐น๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ? Because Zuckerberg saw what others missed: โ WhatsApp was the future of communication. โ Its growth was unstoppable (1M new users/day). โ It was a defensive moveโkeeping it away from Google or Apple. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ป: Most founders chase revenue too early and compromise their vision. WhatsApp did the oppositeโthey scaled first, monetized later. By the time they sold, they had leverage because: โ Users loved them (no ads, no spam). โ Their growth was organic (no marketing spend). โ They held firm on their principles. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ง๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐: If youโre building something big, donโt monetize too soon. Focus on: ๐ญ. ๐จ๐ป๐๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐๐ต ๐ฎ. ๐ฅ๐๐๐ต๐น๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฐ๐๐ ๐ฏ. ๐ก๐ฒ๐ด๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐๐ต Because when you own the future, the money follows.
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