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12 quotes by Brian Acton

Brian Acton (born 1972) is an American computer programmer and Internet entrepreneur. He is the co-founder (with Jan Koum) of WhatsApp, a mobile messaging application which was acquired by Facebook Inc. in February 2014 for US$19 billion. He was formerly employed at Yahoo Inc.
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Dealing with ads is depressing. You don't make anyone's life better by making advertisements work better.

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People want chat histories. They're a permanent testimony of a relationship.

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My mom started an air-freight company; my grandmother built a golf course. I have a certain degree of entrepreneurial risk-taking in my family... →

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Yes, I was a big math and computer geek, that's true. I was driven by the scholastic side of things. For me, it was all about what I could do... →

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It's not 100 per cent clear to me what's working about Snapchat.

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WhatsApp provides phone-number-based messaging, and people asked, 'Isn't that what SMS is?' Yes, but SMS is expensive, antiquated, and... →

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WhatsApp will bring Facebook another billion users. We will be a billion-user product. Whether there is a direct valuation or an indirect valuation... →

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Your insurance broker has your telephone number, but your insurance broker doesn't have your Facebook ID. I think they are very different modes... →

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For me specifically, it was important to graduate. In my family, I was one of the first graduates. My mom did not have a college degree. My dad did... →

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Going public is 18-month process, while an acquisition is a 6-month process. Going public means going under so much scrutiny, regulatory approval... →

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There's a certain degree of speculation that goes into valuations. In so far as the market supports a valuation, everyone who gets a great one... →

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You have a certain identity that you present to the world on Facebook, and you have a certain identity that you present with the telephone, and they... →

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