1. WhatsApp founded in 2009 by formerYahoo! employees
Brian Acton and Jan Koum .
2. Sequoia Capital invested $8 million in 2011
3. 70% of users are active on a daily basis
4. WhatsApp says they are adding 1 million users
everyday.
5. They currently employ 50 people.
6. 32 engineers working on WhatsApp, i.e. one engineer is
responsible for 14 million active users!!
7. 400 million active users in December.
8. Rising to 450 million active users according to
Facebook’s press release.
9. The app is the 5th most downloaded app on Android .
10. WhatsApp doesn’t sell ads and zero have appeared on
the app
11. Twitter and Facebook had the chance to hire founder
Brian Acton but didn’t!
12. The total value of the deal: $19 Billion ($4 billion in
cash, $12 billion in stock, and $3 billion in restricted
stock) .
13. $1 Billion Break-up fee should the deal not go
through.
14. Jan Koum keeps a note from Brian taped to his desk
that reads “No Ads! No Games! No Gimmicks!” To keep
them focused on building a pure messaging experience.
15. WhatsApp spent ZERO cash on marketing, PR and user
acquisition.
16. WhatsApp’s messaging volume is approaching the
entire global telecom SMS volume
17. On Dec 31st 2013 users sent a total 54 billion
messages during the day (3x increase from 2012).
Brian Acton and Jan Koum .
2. Sequoia Capital invested $8 million in 2011
3. 70% of users are active on a daily basis
4. WhatsApp says they are adding 1 million users
everyday.
5. They currently employ 50 people.
6. 32 engineers working on WhatsApp, i.e. one engineer is
responsible for 14 million active users!!
7. 400 million active users in December.
8. Rising to 450 million active users according to
Facebook’s press release.
9. The app is the 5th most downloaded app on Android .
10. WhatsApp doesn’t sell ads and zero have appeared on
the app
11. Twitter and Facebook had the chance to hire founder
Brian Acton but didn’t!
12. The total value of the deal: $19 Billion ($4 billion in
cash, $12 billion in stock, and $3 billion in restricted
stock) .
13. $1 Billion Break-up fee should the deal not go
through.
14. Jan Koum keeps a note from Brian taped to his desk
that reads “No Ads! No Games! No Gimmicks!” To keep
them focused on building a pure messaging experience.
15. WhatsApp spent ZERO cash on marketing, PR and user
acquisition.
16. WhatsApp’s messaging volume is approaching the
entire global telecom SMS volume
17. On Dec 31st 2013 users sent a total 54 billion
messages during the day (3x increase from 2012).
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