When I was a kid trying to communicate with family in the Soviet Union, it was very difficult. You had to go through the long-distance phone companies like MCI, which were difficult to navigate and expensive to make calls through. — Jan Koum Copy Share Image
There were a lot of negatives, of course, but there were positives to living a life unfettered by possessions. It gave us the chance to focus on education, which was very important in the Soviet Union. — 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
