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Verbatim, from the transcripts: the passages where WhatsApp comes up
20VC: Inside The World's Leading Crypto Fund, The Future Exit Environment for Crypto Assets & The Beauty Of Benevolent Dictatorship with Olaf Carlson-Wee, Founder @ Polychain Capital
- ▶ 24:18 Olaf Carlson Wee I would actually go direct to the source and start reading Reddit, Twitter, developer mailing lists, get in some WhatsApp groups, Telegram groups, WeChat groups, and just actually get involved with the community.
20VC: Why Valley Investors Are Really Gamblers, Why The Business Model of Selling To The Biggest Sucker Is Wrong & Why The Best Potential Hires Don't Care Who Your VC is with David Barrett, Founder & CEO @ Expensify
- ▶ 19:22 David Barrett I think WhatsApp got to a billion users
20VC: Kleiner Perkins GP, Eric Feng on How The Best Funds Use Tech and Data To Find Companies, Why Entrepreneurs Start The Fire and VCs Add The Rocket Fuel & Why Consumer Is Harder Than Ever Today
20VC: Benchmark's Peter Fenton on How To Differentiate Between Good & Great VCs, Why Ownership Is A Bigger Determinant Of Returns Than Valuation & What Makes A Truly Exceptional Board Member
- ▶ 9:37 Peter Fenton You know, you can look at messaging and say, okay, well, WhatsApp or Telegram have clearly been the open version of iMessage.
20VC: Sequoia Partner, Pat Grady on Why Data Is The New Oil, Why We Will See The Return of The Apprenticeship Model in VC & The Defining Characteristics of The Next Generation of Great Software
- ▶ 0:16 Harry Stebbings They've made investments in the likes of Google, Apple, WhatsApp, Stripe, PayPal, the list really is endless.
20VC: How To Test The Strength Of Co-Founder Relations, The Dangers Of Raising A Large Series A & Why The Biggest Challenge For Consumer Companies Is Finding The Second Big Hit with Rishi Garg, Partner @ Mayfield Fund
- ▶ 26:47 Rishi Garg That's why you people are on Snapchat and WhatsApp and Facebook and Instagram and Twitter, right?
20VC: DFJ's Josh Stein on Why VCs Must Adapt To Their Founders, The Major Transition Points For Aaron Levie @ Box & Why SaaS Startups Are Growing At A Rate Never Seen Before
- ▶ 16:35 Josh Stein So, or WhatsApp, so some of those customers end up being, you know, tens of millions of dollars a year.