What to Develop Now: Your Product or Your Business
summary
Advice boils down to specifics: go to Silicon Valley early and cheaply (Airbnb, hacker houses) to get introductions; WhatsApp runs on a lean infrastructure and subscription model, launched iOS-only, used iOS 3 push notifications and a delivery check‑mark to win on speed, then expanded to BlackBerry. Growth comes from thousands of inbound emails to business@whatsapp and dozens of operator marketing partnerships that spent dollars to bundle the app, closed by a three‑person BD team with streamlined checklists. Telegram makes public APIs where developers were previously hacking.
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chapters (14)
- 0:00Intro
- 1:25When do you prioritize product or business
- 2:37Moving to Silicon Valley
- 3:57Italys Silicon Valley
- 5:16Elies journey with WhatsApp
- 7:18Active outreach
- 8:52Nail the product
- 11:18B2B products
- 12:10Business deal
- 13:08What can founders learn
- 14:04What do you look for in startups
- 15:23Advice for founders
- 17:07Funding your business
- 19:19Attracting funding
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