We're not interested in bombarding our users with, 'Hey, play this game, play this game, play this game.' It gets annoying, it… — Jan Koum Copy Share Image
Everybody who wants to join 'WhatsApp', we'll go out of our way to build a really awesome client for them. — Jan Koum Copy Share Image
Utilities get out of the way. Can you imagine if you flipped a light switch and had to watch an ad before… — Jan Koum Copy Share Image
'WhatsApp' began as a simple idea: ensuring that anyone could stay in touch with family and friends anywhere on the planet, without… — Jan Koum Copy Share Image
What makes our product work is the way we're tightly focused on messaging and being an SMS replacement. — 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