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masukuma
#1 Posted : Thursday, February 20, 2014 9:59:24 AM
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Brian Acton of WhatsApp

I am pretty sure that you already know (or soon will know) that Facebook bought whatsApp for a huge amount of money ($16 - $19 billion dollars in cash and stocks). What most people don't know is that one of the co-founders was actually rejected by facebook and twitter not so long ago!!


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simonkabz
#2 Posted : Thursday, February 20, 2014 10:16:54 AM
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Who owns Viber? It has far better features than whatsapp.
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masukuma
#3 Posted : Thursday, February 20, 2014 10:33:53 AM
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simonkabz wrote:
Who owns Viber? It has far better features than whatsapp.

Let me tell you - its not about the functionality, its about the people who are already in it! 1 million people a day signing up?

remember - If you are not paying for it, you are not the customer. You are the product.


secondly, they are different types of apps. i guess viber is also shopping out there for a buyer.... it may actually be Microsoft (remember they bought skype)
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mkonomtupu
#4 Posted : Thursday, February 20, 2014 10:39:24 AM
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whatApp has only 55 employees servicing 455 million people around the world. Damn that's efficiency
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masukuma
#5 Posted : Thursday, February 20, 2014 10:45:34 AM
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mkonomtupu wrote:
whatApp has only 55 employees servicing 455 million people around the world. Damn that's efficiency

nope... its called computing!! its probably a bunch of guys on the backend (maybe less than 10) and the rest are in teams doing the apps! android app, iOS, Windows Phone, Blackberry, apps for the OVi store e.t.c. plus a couple of administrative guys.
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mkenyan
#6 Posted : Thursday, February 20, 2014 11:48:46 AM
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masukuma wrote:
simonkabz wrote:
Who owns Viber? It has far better features than whatsapp.

Let me tell you - its not about the functionality, its about the people who are already in it! 1 million people a day signing up?

remember - If you are not paying for it, you are not the customer. You are the product.


secondly, they are different types of apps. i guess viber is also shopping out there for a buyer.... it may actually be Microsoft (remember they bought skype)

viber was recently bought for usd 900 by rakuten. you should keep up to date with it news mr. it. smile
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alma
#7 Posted : Thursday, February 20, 2014 11:54:59 AM
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masukuma wrote:
simonkabz wrote:
Who owns Viber? It has far better features than whatsapp.

Let me tell you - its not about the functionality, its about the people who are already in it! 1 million people a day signing up?

remember - If you are not paying for it, you are not the customer. You are the product.


secondly, they are different types of apps. i guess viber is also shopping out there for a buyer.... it may actually be Microsoft (remember they bought skype)


Thats like a bit more than $40 per user.

Has anyone ever done a valuation of the value of a user in the Kenyan or African market?
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simonkabz
#8 Posted : Thursday, February 20, 2014 11:59:14 AM
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mkenyan wrote:
masukuma wrote:
simonkabz wrote:
Who owns Viber? It has far better features than whatsapp.

Let me tell you - its not about the functionality, its about the people who are already in it! 1 million people a day signing up?

remember - If you are not paying for it, you are not the customer. You are the product.


secondly, they are different types of apps. i guess viber is also shopping out there for a buyer.... it may actually be Microsoft (remember they bought skype)

viber was recently bought for usd 900 by rakuten. you should keep up to date with it news mr. it. smile


900 what? Damn that was cheap!
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muganda
#9 Posted : Thursday, February 20, 2014 12:04:47 PM
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Whatsapp user worth one-quarter a Facebook user

The news today is that Facebook has snorted its pout following Snapchat's earlier rebuff and conquered Whatsapp instead. How's that, looked down by an upstart so you link up with the fastest growing company in social media.

And on that note, you overlook your own mistake at turning down a guy who turned up for an interview Aug-2009 to come back and pay his company $19b instead.

Anyways, here's what you're worth as a social media user...
To Facebook $128
To Twitter $118
To LinkedIn $84
To Whatsapp $42
To Instagram $33
To Viber $3

At this insane valuations, a Whatsapp user will need to be on the app for 42 years just to even out. How much is a Wazua user worth?
http://www.forbes.com/sites/geo...bout-that-linkedin-drop/
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muganda
#10 Posted : Thursday, February 20, 2014 12:07:59 PM
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And next time your wowed by Safaricom's 3,500 employees just remember that this Whatsapp 19$bn company has only 50 employees.
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