Monday, 24 February 2014

Steve Case on 10 Lessons We Can Learn From WhatsApp

From Mashable

The big news that everyone is buzzing about — Facebook's $16 billion acquisition of WhatsApp — represents the largest acquisition of a venture-backed company in history. I thought I'd share some of my initial takeaways from Wednesday night's big news.


See also: What's WhatsApp and Why Did Facebook Pay $16 Billion for It?


1. People need people.

People are social and yearn to be connected. That was our big bet when we launched AOL more than 25 years ago. While some of our competitors focused on content (such as CompuServe) or commerce (such as Prodigy), w .. Read More



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