From Rejection To $19 Billion

What this short covers

A founder who overcame rejection to build a successful startup, focusing on the psychological aspects of entrepreneurship.

Transcript

He got denied by Facebook and also rejected by Twitter. Then exited for $19 billion. This is the story of Brian Actton. In 2009, Brian Act faced rejection from some of the tech giants. Instead of facing it, you know, and being down by it, he literally took it to Twitter and he tweet about it just like you see Facebook turn me down or got denied by Twitter. That's okay. It would have been a long commute. Later that year, Brian reconnected with John Kum who was one of his former employees or colleagues at Yahoo. They saw an opportunity because SMS was limited and then also very expensive. That ultimately became WhatsApp, an ad free app that allowed people to communicate with one another. The early days were tough, but within no time they were able to outpace Twitter in terms of users. Then in 2014, Mark Zuckerberg from Facebook actually came back with an offer. The offer 19 billion and

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