Family back at home in the ukraine. His cofounder, brian acton meantime, got turned down for jobs at facebook and twitter. The result, the two of them after leaving yahoo started a messaging service that anyone could afford. Just days ago he found himself eating chocolatecovered strawberries at Mark Zuckerbergs house on valentines day and striking a deal that will make him and his 50 employees very, very rich. So how will facebooks acquisition of whatsapp impact its competitors . I spoke with ben thomson, an author, who joined me from taiwan and Andreessen Horowitz partner benedict evans. I asked them if whatsapp is worth the price tag . Its a bit like the instagram acquisition. Was instagram worth 1 billion or 1 of facebook at the time . The question for Mark Zuckerberg is around maintaining share engagement and share of social activity. Whatsapp now has 450 million active users, 70 of them active every day. That is a significant advantage of facebook users. Whatsapp is taking a big c
This is a guy who grew up on food stamps and was so poor he could not afford to call his family back home in the ukraine. His to founder, brian acton got turned down for jobs at facebook and twitter. The result, the two of them after leaving yahoo started a messaging service. Just weeks ago he found himself eating Chocolate Covered Strawberries at Mark Zuckerbergs. How will facebooks acquisition impact its competitors . I spoke with brian. Spnch them if whatsap worth the price tag . It is a lot like the instagram acquisition. I think the question for mark zucker entering around maintaining shares engagement nd shares of activity. 77 of their users are active every day. Certainly there is only mobile activity users for facebook. Whatsapp is taking a big chunk of people who were using facebook. A lot of them were using facebook first. The question for him is do you just sit and try and compete with that . They have been looking at that for the last year to two years. Do you say look, thi
Family back at home in the ukraine. His cofounder, brian acton meantime, got turned down for jobs at facebook and twitter. The result, the two of them after leaving yahoo started a messaging service that anyone could afford. Just days ago he found himself eating chocolatecovered strawberries at Mark Zuckerbergs house on valentines day and striking a deal that will make him and his 50 employees very, very rich. So how will facebooks acquisition of whatsapp impact its competitors . I spoke with ben thomson, an author, who joined me from taiwan and Andreessen Horowitz partner benedict evans. I asked them if whatsapp is worth the price tag . Its a bit like the instagram acquisition. Was instagram worth 1 billion or 1 of facebook at the time . The question for Mark Zuckerberg is around maintaining share engagement and share of social activity. Whatsapp now has 450 million active users, 70 of them active every day. That is a significant advantage of facebook users. Whatsapp is taking a big c
The c. E. O. Is joining facebooks board. This is a guy who grew up on food stamps and was so poor he could not afford to call his family back at home in the ukraine. His cofounder, brian acton meantime, got turned down for jobs at facebook and twitter. The result, the two of them after leaving yahoo started a messaging service that anyone could afford. Just days ago he found himself eating chocolatecovered strawberries at Mark Zuckerbergs house on valentines day and striking a deal that will make him and his 50 employees very, very rich. So how will facebooks acquisition of whatsapp impact its competitors . I spoke with ben thomson, an author, who joined me from taiwan and Andreessen Horowitz partner benedict evans. I asked them if whatsapp is worth the price tag . Its a bit like the instagram acquisition. Was instagram worth 1 billion or 1 of facebook at the time . The question for Mark Zuckerberg is around maintaining share engagement and share of social activity. Whatsapp now has 45
Could not afford to call his family back at home in the ukraine. His cofounder, brian acton meantime, got turned down for jobs at facebook and twitter. The result, the two of them after leaving yahoo started a messaging service that anyone could afford. Just days ago he found himself eating chocolatecovered strawberries at Mark Zuckerbergs house on valentines day and striking a deal that will make him and his 50 employees very, very rich. So how will facebooks acquisition of whatsapp impact its competitors . I spoke with ben thomson, an author, who joined me from taiwan and Andreessen Horowitz partner benedict evans. I asked them if whatsapp is worth the price tag . Its a bit like the instagram acquisition. Was instagram worth 1 billion or 1 of facebook at the time . The question for Mark Zuckerberg is around maintaining share engagement and share of social activity. Whatsapp now has 450 million active users, 70 of them active every day. That is a significant advantage of facebook user