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Suneel Mekala

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"๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜€๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฝโ€™๐˜€ $๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต๐—• ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—”๐—น๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐——๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ปโ€”๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—™๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป" ๐—œ๐—ป ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฐ, ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜€๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฝ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ $๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต ๐—•๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ปโ€”๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ. But hereโ€™s the crazy part: ๐—œ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป. Jan Koum and Brian Acton (WhatsAppโ€™s founders) ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜€ and ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜†. They had ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฒ, just ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐—  ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ 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†’ ๐—ก๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜€. ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ. โ†’ ๐—™๐˜‚๐—น๐—น ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ. โ†’ ๐—” ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป-๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ. Thatโ€™s when Koum and Acton finally said yes. ๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜† $๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต๐—• ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ? 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 moveโ€”keeping it away from Google or Apple. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—›๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป: Most founders chase revenue too early and compromise their vision. WhatsApp did the oppositeโ€”they scaled first, monetized later. By the time they sold, they had leverage because: โœ… Users loved them (no ads, no spam). โœ… Their growth was organic (no marketing spend). โœ… They held firm on their principles. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†: If youโ€™re building something big, donโ€™t monetize too soon. Focus on: ๐Ÿญ. ๐—จ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜๐—ต ๐Ÿฎ. ๐—ฅ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐Ÿฏ. ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜๐—ต Because when you own the future, the money follows.

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