Ironically, I grew up watching Indian movies as a kid in Russia. I am quite familiar with Bollywood. I grew up watching 'Disco Dancer;' I watched it some 20 times as a kid. Jan Koum bollywooddancerdisco Change image and share on social
'WhatsApp' began as a simple idea: ensuring that anyone could stay in touch with family and friends anywhere on the planet, without costs or gimmicks standing in the way. Jan Koum begincostensure Change image and share on social
Everybody who wants to join 'WhatsApp', we'll go out of our way to build a really awesome client for them. Jan Koum awesomebuildclient Change image and share on social
I had so much fun in early days learning about networking, security, scalability and other geeky stuff. Jan Koum dayearlyfun Change image and share on social
When advertising is involved, you, the user, are the product. Jan Koum advertiseinvolveproduct Change image and share on social
A lot of what I experienced growing up in the U.S.S.R. and coming to the U.S. as an immigrant actually reflects itself in Whatsapp. Experiences from our youth shape what we do later in life. Jan Koum comeexperiencegrow Change image and share on social
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 chanceeducationfocus share on social
I grew up in a society where everything you did was eavesdropped on, recorded, snitched on. I had friends when we were kids getting into trouble for telling anecdotes about Communist leaders. Jan Koum anecdotecommunisteavesdrop Change image and share on social
Anybody can build a company and sell the company the next day. That doesn't make you special, it doesn't make you unique, it doesn't make you all that great. Jan Koum buildcompanyday Change image and share on social
Pavel Durov only knows how to copy great products like Facebook and 'WhatsApp'; he never had and will never have original ideas. Jan Koum copydurovfacebook Change image and share on social
