Top 49 Quotes by Jan Koum

About Jan Koum

These are some quotes by American author Jan Koum Businessman, who was born on February 24, 1976.

'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.

'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

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.

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

On my iPhone 3GS, I use 'Instagram', 'Twitter' and 'Touch'.

On my iPhone 3GS, I use 'Instagram', 'Twitter' and 'Touch'.

Jan Koum

The message growth rate in Brazil - it's not like a hockey stick: it's like a vertical line.

The message growth rate in Brazil - it's not like a hockey stick: it's like a vertical line.

Jan Koum

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 the way of messaging, and it gets in the way of staying in touch with people who are important to you.

Jan Koum

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.

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

Advertising isn't just the disruption of aesthetics, the insults to your intelligence and the interruption of your train of thought. At every company that sells ads, a significant portion of their engineering team spends their day tuning data mining, writing better code to collect all your personal data.

Jan Koum

I didn't have a computer until I was 19 - but I did have an abacus.

I didn't have a computer until I was 19 - but I did have an abacus.

Jan Koum

Our phones are so intimately connected to us, to our lives. Putting advertising on a device like that is a bad idea. You don't want to be interrupted by ads when you're chatting with your loved ones.

Our phones are so intimately connected to us, to our lives. Putting advertising on a device like that is a bad idea. You don't want to be interrupted by ads when you're chatting with your loved ones.

Jan Koum

Experiences from our youth shape what we do later in life.

Experiences from our youth shape what we do later in life.

Jan Koum

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