Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Forbes Inspiring Rags to Riches Success Story of Jan Koum


Here's a beautiful transformation business success story about Jan Koum. Jan is the founder of WhatsApp.com, a company recently purchased by Facebook for virtually $20 billion. According to the website description listed in Google, WhatsApp is: "WhatsApp Messenger :: cross-platform mobile messaging app for iPhone, BlackBerry, Android, Windows Phone and Nokia. Send text, video, images, audio" Jan started out from humble beginnings like everyday working people and growing up poor. From early days of experiencing adversity of his mother dying in 2000 and raised in poverty struggling hand to mouth, Koum had a vision for his life. According to Forbes, he was interested in computer networking. He purchased manuals from a local store and returned them after reading. From there, Koum bounced around different companies gaining priceless experience during his job to job career. Moral of the story is never doubt a person who struggling. You may see them struggle from hand to mouth in early stage
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