"There were a lot of negatives, of course,……" — Jan Koum
"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."
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11 Quotes by Jan Koum
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I want to do one thing, and do it well.
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Marketing and press kicks up dust. It gets in your eye, and then you’re not focusing on the product.
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We focus a lot on the quality of experience, speed, reliability. It’s not sexy from a lot of people’s perspective,…
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Advertising isnt just the disruption of aesthetics, the insults to your intelligence and the interruption of your train of thought.…
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I only have one idea, that is WhatsApp, and I am going to continue to focus on that. I have…
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I grew up in a society where everything you did was eavesdropped on, recorded, snitched on. I had friends when…
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A lot of what I experienced growing up in the U.S.S.R. and coming to the U.S. as an immigrant actually…
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When I was a kid trying to communicate with family in the Soviet Union, it was very difficult. You had…
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When advertising is involved, you, the user, are the product.
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Utilities get out of the way. Can you imagine if you flipped a light switch and had to watch an…
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