At WhatsApp, our engineers spend all their time fixing bugs, adding new features and ironing out all the little intricacies in our task of bringing rich, affordable, reliable messaging to every phone in the world. That's our product, and that's… — Jan Koum Copy Share Image
WhatsApp's extremely high user engagement and rapid growth are driven by the simple, powerful and instantaneous messaging capabilities we provide. — Jan Koum Copy Share Image
I only have one idea, that is WhatsApp, and I am going to continue to focus on that. I have no plans to build… — Jan Koum Copy Share Image
A lot of times, people start out with a lot of good ideas, but then they don't execute. They lose the purity of their… — Jan Koum Copy Share Image
Facebook, Google, Apple, Yahoo - there's a common theme. None of these companies ever sold. By staying independent, they were able to build a… — Jan Koum Copy Share Image
No one wakes up excited to see more advertising, no one goes to sleep thinking about the ads they'll see tomorrow. — Jan Koum Copy Share Image
I had so much fun in early days learning about networking, security, scalability and other geeky stuff. — Jan Koum Copy Share Image
The difficult part for us is adding features without making the product more complicated. — Jan Koum Copy Share Image
We continue to grow, and, just like with countries like China or other countries where we are not doing particularly well, we take a… — Jan Koum Copy Share Image
It's important for people to have freedom to use whatever product they want. We have no problems with other people using other apps, so… — Jan Koum Copy Share Image
We're obsessed with making sure that voice and video work well even on low-end phones. — Jan Koum Copy Share Image
We're not interested in bombarding our users with, 'Hey, play this game, play this game, play this game.' It gets annoying, it gets in… — Jan Koum Copy Share Image
Everybody I meet who uses 'WhatsApp', I ask them a question: 'How did you hear about it?' And they say, 'My friends, my sister… — Jan Koum Copy Share Image
