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Shah: Meta makes no more than $3 to $4 per Indian user

Kunal Shah · Kunal Shah on winning in India, second-order thinking, the philosophy of startups, and more · Mar 24, 2024 · at 24:17

CRED founder Kunal Shah discusses how global tech giants achieve massive user growth in India while generating low monetization per user.

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“My guess is that Meta would not have more than three or four dollars per user per year monetization in India.”

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