Mom: "We can't afford food." Son: Makes $19 billion from 1 app

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  • Опубліковано 26 гру 2024

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  • @hook
    @hook  2 роки тому +41

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  • @pastlane2011
    @pastlane2011 2 роки тому +13

    I admire the integrity both these young men have. Well done to you both, you deserve the success you achieved. Enjoy your life.

  • @alexgriffin9345
    @alexgriffin9345 2 роки тому +124

    This is very inspirational. I always use WhatsApp to call family in Ukraine and it’s nice to know that a Slavic brother has made this app

    • @victorblock3421
      @victorblock3421 2 роки тому +4

      Jewish, not Slavic

    • @parkour8281
      @parkour8281 2 роки тому +3

      Well this didn’t age well

    • @NoName-rl3fh
      @NoName-rl3fh 2 роки тому +1

      Current stuff doesn't mean it aged bad, either.

  • @tetsuky
    @tetsuky 2 роки тому +197

    saddest thing happened to whatsapp was being sold to facebook :(

    • @craigm6062
      @craigm6062 2 роки тому +18

      I agree, Facebook and all social media is the devil.Hopefully future generations can see that

    • @TheAcadianGuy
      @TheAcadianGuy 2 роки тому +2

      @@craigm6062 dont exagerate

    • @susankariuki449
      @susankariuki449 2 роки тому +2

      @@craigm6062 true

    • @jlawrence0181
      @jlawrence0181 2 роки тому +1

      @@susankariuki449 Agreed.

    • @syzygy4365
      @syzygy4365 2 роки тому

      @@craigm6062 trust me they can. My son told me I'm on my phone too much and I felt instantly guilty. I'm a business owner but it's still feels like an excuse.

  • @YourCash
    @YourCash 2 роки тому +113

    11:46 This shows that no matter how much technology you have in your life, nothing, absolutely nothing, can replace a face-to-face meeting. This face-to-face meeting was a major turning point for WhatsApp.

    • @syzygy4365
      @syzygy4365 2 роки тому

      Great take away thank you!! 🥰

  • @familyintraining6636
    @familyintraining6636 2 роки тому +22

    Thank you for this story! Very interesting!

  • @jfitch3319
    @jfitch3319 2 роки тому +45

    Ive lately been hooked to all of your stories keep it up!

  • @abbayhvhreigns7iloveyeshua650
    @abbayhvhreigns7iloveyeshua650 2 роки тому +7

    What an Amazing Story Thank you for Sharing

  • @MrGreen-nl3yv
    @MrGreen-nl3yv 2 роки тому +11

    What a lot of people of my generation failed to is that its trial and error that builds the wealth not what you wear or what degrees you have.

  • @xannybar7480
    @xannybar7480 2 роки тому +2

    hearing other peoples success makes me cry. Not a jealous or bad cry, but a cry knowing that could be me.

  • @thealchemistdaughter3405
    @thealchemistdaughter3405 2 роки тому +15

    What a amazing story.. Thank goodness the for USA s immigration program .. Once in a free and supportive country this young man could truly blossom..

    • @adlozi
      @adlozi 2 роки тому

      "free and supportive country" hahaa

    • @jestersage8700
      @jestersage8700 2 роки тому +3

      @@adlozi ungrateful privileged people wouldn't see America as free or supportive. Many people who come from a place that's deprived of what America has realize just how lucky and fortunate they're yet all the people who complain seem to do nothing but stay

  • @ayomideakinsiku7892
    @ayomideakinsiku7892 2 роки тому +20

    A tendency to retaliate against people who bullied him. What's he supposed to do? Of course he needs to retaliate.

    • @gardensofthegods
      @gardensofthegods 2 роки тому

      So did he feel bullied by Zuckerberg ? ... one would think so

    • @yxxdagod
      @yxxdagod 2 роки тому +1

      Haha I was reading this as he said it

  • @marinellemercado3169
    @marinellemercado3169 2 роки тому +8

    Watching here in Riyadh God bless keep safe always

  • @navajyotichetia8968
    @navajyotichetia8968 2 роки тому +5

    The worst business model- offering for free. Offer something free and you should always be super successful

  • @amrisyafari3946
    @amrisyafari3946 2 роки тому +2

    Thanks for compiling such a useful story.

  • @yuuji3795
    @yuuji3795 2 роки тому +10

    i remember watching this guys first videos, he grew so much

  • @MalaysianBallProductions
    @MalaysianBallProductions 2 роки тому +2

    Ur stories are the best!!!

  • @tosinoyelese7795
    @tosinoyelese7795 2 роки тому +8

    Fantastic video by Hook as usual! 👌🏾

    • @donttalkcrap
      @donttalkcrap Рік тому

      It would be fantastic if it weren't for all the GLARING ERRORS.
      How can someone amass so my subscribers when the research is so badly done that he cannot get place names, and even people's names correct. It's not that difficult. But the adulation you heap on him is not warranted.

  • @Simdopness
    @Simdopness 2 роки тому +8

    You know what i find sad. Its the fact that in the End his creation was left to a person who didnt undergo the struggles in the making of the app

    • @goldHydrangeas
      @goldHydrangeas 2 роки тому

      Yeah decades ago. some dude by name of “Moises” used many people and scammed us into promoting marketing the app and never paid us but stole my contacts and network and never paid us. Thousands you owed me you swindler!! 😡

  • @rastaricky9584
    @rastaricky9584 2 роки тому +7

    Where did they get the funding? $250k could not sustain their efforts. Please explain.

    • @Dreamwriter4242
      @Dreamwriter4242 2 роки тому

      If it's just two or three people, $250k can pay for over a year of full time efforts, even in Silicon Valley, if you are frugal (ie, working in a coffeeshop rather than paying a lease). And it's possible that the two founders were living off of their Yahoo savings rather than eating into the $250k themselves.

  • @NSWTrainLinkVlogs
    @NSWTrainLinkVlogs 2 роки тому +5

    One of the best channels on UA-cam

  • @beastman.330
    @beastman.330 2 роки тому

    One of the Best mini documentaries .

  • @DerFabikanal
    @DerFabikanal 2 роки тому +17

    Next video: The 8 year old astronaut who invented Lucky Charms

  • @luisv7117
    @luisv7117 2 роки тому +7

    I WILL NEVER EVER EVER SELL TO facebook

  • @ravichanana3148
    @ravichanana3148 2 роки тому +6

    Amazing success story.

  • @Ralfscho
    @Ralfscho 2 роки тому +20

    Cool story, no very cool story. And thx for sharing, very well done.
    I don't think that his coding was his most outstanding trade, but the fact that he wanted to create something everybody can enjoy and staying true to his values. Unfortunately there's not many people around with such a trade.

  • @kristin332
    @kristin332 2 роки тому +8

    why are they always janitors

  • @OKayD3N
    @OKayD3N 2 роки тому +14

    How do they make money? Just by selling data?

    • @sf8262
      @sf8262 2 роки тому +1

      Pretty much, Facebook changed the privacy policy of the app so now they can collect a ton of data from it, which is extremely useful for their advertising services. They also offer WhatsApp Business which I think costs money. Back in the day, the app costed $1 a year, and at the time they had 700 million users, so that's 700 million dollars. When it was making that much, Facebook said the app was only being monetized "in a limited fashion" which indicates they are probably making much more money now, probably in the billions

  • @tordoff80
    @tordoff80 2 роки тому +6

    ive never used whatsapp but that guys story is really good well done to him

  • @nikhilpatil8013
    @nikhilpatil8013 2 роки тому +4

    Thanks for this amazing content 😍😍😍Love from India

  • @Veenbuen1
    @Veenbuen1 2 роки тому +7

    Co-Founders to Zuckerberg in the meeting: “Get your a** in the office!”

  • @funtimeswithcarbonater2728
    @funtimeswithcarbonater2728 2 роки тому +1

    This was crazy to listen to
    Nice video!

  • @CUBETechie
    @CUBETechie 2 роки тому +1

    3:15 Whats wrong with retaliate against bullying?

  • @suryansh70
    @suryansh70 2 роки тому

    very inspiring and insightful

  • @noahgray2927
    @noahgray2927 2 роки тому +2

    Great video. Cool story

  • @alichehab5804
    @alichehab5804 2 роки тому +1

    This is very inspirational.

  • @tytusv.6047
    @tytusv.6047 2 роки тому +13

    I love your videos

  • @greendro6410
    @greendro6410 2 роки тому +3

    Great video 👍

  • @somerandomfella
    @somerandomfella 2 роки тому +97

    Good timing! Whatsapp will have a very strong competitor this year. One that won't invade your privacy for starters.

    • @derklee
      @derklee 2 роки тому +1

      Who?

    • @somerandomfella
      @somerandomfella 2 роки тому +6

      @@pyrite7639 nope. It's not just another encryption app either. You'll see once it's released.

    • @user-zc2hz3yj2k
      @user-zc2hz3yj2k 2 роки тому +20

      @@somerandomfella why so secretive? Just say the name

    • @joegrayii
      @joegrayii 2 роки тому +6

      Signal already is......

    • @wallstreetbro
      @wallstreetbro 2 роки тому +6

      Privacy will always be an issue

  • @Vitamortis.
    @Vitamortis. 2 роки тому +4

    0:05 nah discord supremacy

  • @BeyondPatmos
    @BeyondPatmos 2 роки тому

    @6:01 Yahoo is not a startup competing with Google, you got it the other way around

  • @aliffdanieal4273
    @aliffdanieal4273 2 роки тому

    Great story !!

  • @niyigold777
    @niyigold777 2 роки тому +1

    Home of motivational and inspirational documentaries

  • @goosehonkernot5201
    @goosehonkernot5201 2 роки тому +13

    Mom: we can't afford food
    Kid: fine, I'll do it myself.

  • @GrandMasterLynx
    @GrandMasterLynx 2 роки тому +2

    I never heard of WhatsApp I must be living under a rock

    • @petrichor259
      @petrichor259 2 роки тому +3

      You must be an apple sheep.Thats why

  • @MaytaneVideos
    @MaytaneVideos 2 роки тому +3

    Inspiring!

  • @danjajeff1404
    @danjajeff1404 2 роки тому +10

    That pretty Interesting. I always wondered who created WhatsApp. My wife is a Mexican citizen so when I met her I lived in Massachusetts at the time. We started talking through Facebook Messenger, then she Actually got me on WhatsApp. Cellphone Data Rates and fees are Much Much Different Here in Mexico than in the US. Like here in the US we have Unlimited Plans, and even prepaid Unlimited plans, but not in Mexico.also it's much Easier there cause all of your contacts are there. I have Friends in Mexico, Obviously, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Cashmere India, Russia, England, Canada lol all over

    • @wozamigamez592
      @wozamigamez592 2 роки тому

      It is pronounced Kashmir not Chashmere. Also is there a city named obviously?

  • @chrisbaker2669
    @chrisbaker2669 2 роки тому +2

    With $19 billion you should be able to afford food.

  • @prumchhangsreng979
    @prumchhangsreng979 2 роки тому +4

    19Billions is alot. U can spend for a life time and be stress free. Yeah u may get depression and bs. But WHO wudnt want to wake up and not caring about dept, tax, food anything

    • @_nimrod92
      @_nimrod92 2 роки тому +1

      I rather have that type of depression than being hungry and depressed.

  • @stanleywalden6177
    @stanleywalden6177 2 роки тому +6

    I'm very impressed with this person visions, drive and determination to create Whatsapp after experiencing many failures and the death of both parents snd Never gave up to build his dreams

  • @marky-poo3580
    @marky-poo3580 2 роки тому +10

    Great video as always hook! Great job! :D

  • @garc0n
    @garc0n 2 роки тому +3

    Bruh my mom will be shocked after hearing about this.

  • @sonicgamerplayz9634
    @sonicgamerplayz9634 2 роки тому +2

    Yo ur vids are amazing

  • @adrishkumarde4155
    @adrishkumarde4155 2 роки тому +2

    such a great video

  • @lifeofanentrepreneur
    @lifeofanentrepreneur 2 роки тому

    Desperation makes new creations

  • @byou6359
    @byou6359 2 роки тому

    Gee and here I AM saving up for an Ikea item ...hey hey !!!

  • @NoName-rl3fh
    @NoName-rl3fh 2 роки тому +6

    The fact that facebook and twitter both rejected him tells you a lot about how garbage they really are.

  • @BlockTechGold
    @BlockTechGold 2 роки тому +1

    in other words how one guy sold all of his clients privacy

  • @ronakkumawat
    @ronakkumawat 2 роки тому +1

    @hook please share IKEA story

  • @modelka222
    @modelka222 2 роки тому +3

    me watching this while on my WhatsApp. hehe

  • @MAGAKING20246
    @MAGAKING20246 2 роки тому +1

    How do you make an app

  • @PIKAGEOGUESSR
    @PIKAGEOGUESSR 2 роки тому +1

    the day i watch it the next day the soviet union leader died

  • @michaeltichowitsch1633
    @michaeltichowitsch1633 2 роки тому

    Good on the bloke I thought u said he left his poor mum dounds like he did a swell job ,money cant buy love

  • @ibrahimmtotomeka
    @ibrahimmtotomeka 2 роки тому +3

    Great content as usual, you are taking long to upload new videos though...we suggest you consider this.

  • @herdi1510
    @herdi1510 2 роки тому

    7:06 Lucky Him, he has Brian

  • @swarnangkogangulyrecr8tvt155
    @swarnangkogangulyrecr8tvt155 2 роки тому +1

    5:55 kindly change the caption here....

  • @DriftKulture
    @DriftKulture 2 роки тому

    Mobail? Or mobile?

  • @Damian1876.
    @Damian1876. 2 роки тому

    Am using it right now while watching this video

  • @PlushPlanet
    @PlushPlanet 2 роки тому

    1:26 THE WHAT'S EVERYDAY LIFE

  • @danielhedrick5643
    @danielhedrick5643 2 роки тому

    Hook sounds familiar...does he have an other site?

  • @ericcarabetta1161
    @ericcarabetta1161 2 роки тому +2

    I guess I just don't understand what the point of WhatsApp is, why would anyone pay for an extra messaging service when your phone already has one? Are all these people just like the suckers who still pay for AOL? No wonder Zuckerborg was so desperate to buy it.

    • @Sora_Nai
      @Sora_Nai 2 роки тому +2

      WhatsApp allows you to message with anyone around the world for free with out international fee. They are the first ones to have that feature but now o most all social media platforms already have it.

  • @MrGigi-dz9cv
    @MrGigi-dz9cv 2 роки тому

    Not given my personal data to Facebook, not going to.

  • @vellam8766
    @vellam8766 2 роки тому

    everyone needs a Brian

  • @mr19471985
    @mr19471985 2 роки тому

    Interesting story

  • @kennethwebber1896
    @kennethwebber1896 2 роки тому

    Oh ! forgot put Amazon as well.

  • @BrandonCallifornia
    @BrandonCallifornia 2 роки тому +1

    Even Zuckerberg doesn’t use WhatsApp… he also uses signal messenger.

    • @goldHydrangeas
      @goldHydrangeas 2 роки тому +1

      Because WhatsApp was known to crash phone when people first downloaded as they had virus and it steal your contacts and networks information and of course destroy your destroyed phone that they aren’t responsible to replace or fix.

    • @BrandonCallifornia
      @BrandonCallifornia 2 роки тому +1

      @@goldHydrangeas pretty much simple, even Zuckerberg doesn’t believe in the security of WhatsApp. That’s why he uses Signal App instead 🤓

    • @goldHydrangeas
      @goldHydrangeas 2 роки тому +1

      @@BrandonCallifornia question is…
      Does he REALLY uses it? Or just says he *uses* because he owns stocks in it? Hmmm 🤔

  • @johnbatchler8551
    @johnbatchler8551 2 роки тому

    Well in this society family values went out the door now it becomes me only

  • @chucklarock8010
    @chucklarock8010 2 роки тому

    Once you said he was jewish, I was like yup it didn't take him anything to become rich.

  • @jeremybailey6809
    @jeremybailey6809 2 роки тому

    He made one of the best scammer based apps in history.

  • @maximecj5095
    @maximecj5095 Рік тому

    Who wouldn’t accept 19$ Billion 😂😂🙏🏻

  • @zaaa8595-y4z
    @zaaa8595-y4z 2 роки тому +2

    Love from india

  • @vanessavincentcampos9995
    @vanessavincentcampos9995 2 роки тому

    IS THERE SUCH AN APP. THAT DOES NOT INVADE NOR RECORD ALL YOUR PERSONAL DATA UPLOADS AND DOWNLOADS? I PERSONALLY BELIEVE IT IS IMPOSSIBLE BECAUSE AN INTERNET IS A MEDIA CONDUIT WHERE YOU HAVE TO RISK GIVING UP PERSONAL INFORMATION TO BE ABLE TO USE ANY APP.

  • @jetsetjourneysofficial
    @jetsetjourneysofficial 2 роки тому

    funny how encryption was introduced twice

  • @tronghungdao251
    @tronghungdao251 2 роки тому +4

    IT'S NOT SAFE DON'T USE IT.

    • @history-jovian
      @history-jovian 2 роки тому +4

      Umm i don't care whatever S**** you talk and nobody else cares about it too.

    • @Slayer-33
      @Slayer-33 2 роки тому +3

      Oh Nooo, lol no I'm not stopping my usage.

  • @pinoyhappynetwork
    @pinoyhappynetwork 2 роки тому

    The most incredible thing about this is I don't care and I don't use the app at all. 😆

    • @Alex38369
      @Alex38369 2 роки тому

      If you don’t care then why are you watching this vid?

  • @TeraGreene1
    @TeraGreene1 2 роки тому +9

    Wasn’t the guy who is being held in the States for sedition someone who used Signal and that’s the evidence they could see and are using? I am curious how “secure “ WhatsApp and signal are. I shifted to Signal last year and don’t use WhatsApp; but, what’s the “safest”? I guess nothing really is! 🤷‍♀️
    PS: great video! I love watching your stories. First time commenting. Keep up the good work!

    • @fondrees
      @fondrees 2 роки тому +1

      If facebook owns it, its fmdefunately not whatsapp.

  • @georgekrax
    @georgekrax 2 роки тому

    It is not valued at 1.5 billion since Facebook bought it for 19 billion. It is worth at least 19 billion dollars

  • @StereotypedMe_
    @StereotypedMe_ 2 роки тому

    Superb. This confirms mark z didnt make FB at all rather get from other visionary people. Curious with his newest act of meta though...

  • @eduardpeeterlemming
    @eduardpeeterlemming 2 роки тому

    Can you do story about GoPro

  • @menu3833
    @menu3833 2 роки тому +1

    BIG MISTAKE WHATSAPP MERGE WITH FACEBOOK !!!!

  • @ProtonC100
    @ProtonC100 2 роки тому

    8:22 lol

  • @samuelp1227
    @samuelp1227 2 роки тому

    My Facebook was hacked and banned so now my whatsapp doesn't work either....just silly now.

  • @Ytmutant
    @Ytmutant 2 роки тому +3

    these videos are so interesting and entertaining

  • @XO43137
    @XO43137 2 роки тому

    Why did FB buy WA when it has M?

    • @doknome9942
      @doknome9942 2 роки тому

      It's called," if u can't defeat the competition, buy the competition "

  • @xyx7gaming269
    @xyx7gaming269 2 роки тому

    What a story

  • @PlushPlanet
    @PlushPlanet 2 роки тому

    Ah yes, Key-v, Ukraine

  • @rujackswing618
    @rujackswing618 2 роки тому

    This is no Accident that he had aspirations for Code... Some kid are born to do Great Things... Some of us will have opportunities to do good, but Our Families & So-Call Friends will Drag us into a Cesspool of Destruction... Great Humans will escape the Madness of the Narcissistic Totalitarians W/ Dictators Dreams... Love Self, Cultivate, Peace..!!!

  • @symer1
    @symer1 2 роки тому +1

    Instagram story please!

  • @Vitamortis.
    @Vitamortis. 2 роки тому +1

    uh 606k subs 740 views in 45 mins??

  • @sakshamgoyal7222
    @sakshamgoyal7222 2 роки тому +1

    Next story should be Discord