How WhatsApp Makes Money_ The INSANE Story of WhatsApp

How Does WhatsApp Make Money? This mini-movie tells the story of WhatsApp, and the insane journey of Brian Acton & Jan Koum. Imagine this: you go for a job at Facebook and get rejected. A few years later, Facebook buy your company for $19 billion dollars. Well, for WhatsApp founders Brian and Jan, that’s exactly what happened. Unfortunately, for WhatsApp's users, the story perhaps doesn’t have quite such a happy ending… The story of how WhatsApp was built and scaled is both fascinating and worrying.
I hope you enjoy this WhatsApp story - taking you right from the creation of WhatsApp, through to the WhatsApp acquisition by Facebook, and even the potential future of WhatsApp! But most importantly, we'll be asking: how does WhatsApp REALLY make money?

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You're watching the full WhatsApp Documentary / Mini WhatsApp Movie from MagnatesMedia. In this episode, we ask 'how do WhatsApp earn money?', and look through the story of WhatsApp, and how they've monetized. This is part of our "Crazy But True: Business Stories That Feel Like Movies" series you can watch free on MagnatesMedia. The goal is to tell fascinating business stories, including more business origin stories like this one. #BusinessStories #MagnatesMediaMovies

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How Does WhatsApp REALLY Make Money?

⌛ Chapters:
00:00 Prologue
00:36 2009 - The Birth of WhatsApp
01:33 2010 - The Money Problem
04:32 2011 - The Business Model
06:55 2014 - The Acquisition
10:10 2016 - Free?
14:22 2017 - #deletefacebook
19:29 Present Day & Future
23:57 Intermission
24:55 In Defence of WhatsApp & Facebook
30:04 Watch Next From MagnatesMedia
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