Tun daga matasa masu shirya shirye-shirye zuwa hamshakan attajirai na Facebook, wannan shine takaitaccen tarihin rayuwar Jan Koum da Brian Acton, wadanda galibin wadanda suka yi amfani da aikace-aikacensu ba su san su ba, amma mai yanke hukunci a duniyar sadarwa da aika sako kamar yadda muke gani. yau. Su ne suka kafa WhatsApp. Kuma wannan shine labarin aikace-aikacen mafi tsada a duniya.
Abin da ba wanda zai taɓa faɗi shi ne cewa farkon ayyukan Jan Koum da Brian Acton ya fara ne da kin amincewa da Facebook. Dandalin sada zumunta wanda a yau yana daya daga cikin kamfanonin da ke daukar hayar manyan hazaka a duniyar shirye-shirye, sun yi watsi da wadanda daga baya za su sami mafi shaharar aikace-aikacen da aka fi amfani da su a duniya. Dukansu sun nemi aikin da Palo Alto ya saka, kuma an ƙi su duka. A zahiri, Brian Acton ya buga a shafinsa na Twitter: “Facebook ya ƙi ni. Kun sami babbar dama don saduwa da wasu manyan mutane. Tuni yana jiran kasada ta gaba ta rayuwa. Abin da mai yiwuwa Brian bai yi tunani ba a lokacin shine Facebook zai kawo karshen siyan app din da zai samu kansa.
Rayuwar Jan ba ta fara tashi ba ta hanya mafi kyawu, ko. An haife shi a wani karamin gari kusa da Kiev, a Ukraine. Iyalinta sun yi aiki tuƙuru don samun abin biyan bukata, gidansu ma ba shi da wutar lantarki. Tabbas ba shine mafi kyawun wurin da za a kawo karshen zama ɗayan shirye-shiryen da ake nema ba a duniya. Duk da haka, shi da mahaifiyarsa sun yi hijira lokacin yana ɗan shekara 16 kuma suka je su faɗi a Mountain View, inda suka sami mafaka a wani ɗaki mai ɗakuna biyu saboda taimakon gwamnati. A can Jan ta fara sadaukar da kanta don yin ƴan ayyukan da yaro ɗan ƙasar Yukren zai iya samu a ƙasar da ta ci gaba, don haka ta fara tsaftacewa a wani kantin sayar da abinci, yayin da mahaifiyarta ke aikin renon yara. Duk da haka, ya dogara da tallafin gwamnati. Ba sabon abu ba ne, don haka, cewa komai ya rushe lokacin da aka gano mahaifiyarsu tana da ciwon daji. Wataƙila duk wannan ne ya sa ya fara horar da kansa. A lokacin da yake da shekaru 18, ya koyi game da tsarin kwamfuta na cibiyar sadarwa daga litattafai daga kantin sayar da littattafai na hannu na biyu. Wannan ya sa shi daga baya ya shiga Jami'ar Jihar San Jose, kuma ya sami aiki a Ernst & Young yana gudanar da gwaje-gwajen tsaro na kwamfuta. A lokacin ne rayuwar Acton da Koum suka ketare cikin tsarin lokaci.
Jan daga baya ya samu aiki a Yahoo a matsayin injiniyan ababen more rayuwa, inda kuma ya hadu da Brian. A wannan lokacin, ya yanke shawarar barin kwalejin, wani abu da muka riga muka gani da yawa daga cikin manyan mutane a duniyar fasaha suna yi. Duk da haka, nesa da samun kwanciyar hankali a kamfanin na Amurka, shi da Brian sun yanke shawarar barin Yahoo a 2007, don sadaukar da kansu don hutawa da fara tafiya. Babu shakka, ajiyar da suka yi bai daɗe ba, kuma a lokacin ne suka fara yin la’akari da yadda ake samun kuɗi, kasancewar a shekarar 2009 ne suka fara daidaita rayuwar yau da kullum ta miliyoyin masu amfani da ita.
Jan Koum ya sayi wayar iPhone kuma a haka ne ya gano cewa duniyar aikace-aikacen za ta zama babban tsari na gaba a fannin fasaha. Ina so in ƙirƙiri sabis ɗin saƙo mai sauƙi kuma nan take, ina tunanin cewa wannan na iya aiki da ban mamaki idan ya dogara da masu amfani da wayar hannu azaman tushe. Manufar ita ce kowa ya sami damar tuntuɓar wasu mutane akan dandamali ɗaya, kuma cikin sauƙi.
WhatsApp aka haife
Duk da haka, aikin bai kasance mai sauƙi kamar yadda na zata ba. Manufar ta kasance a sarari. Dole ne kawai ku ƙirƙiri dandamali wanda aka yi don masu amfani su iya magana da juna. Amma aikin shirye-shiryen ya fara yin rikitarwa, kuma watanni ne na aiki tuƙuru da ƙoƙari, tare da gwaje-gwaje da gwaje-gwaje, wanda ya kashe Koum don kammala aikace-aikacen. Hasali ma, a duk tsawon wannan lokacin, akwai lokuta masu wahala da Jan ya fara tunanin barin WhatsApp gaba daya. Kuma a cikin wannan yanayin ne Brian Acton ya isa. Abokin aikin nasa ya shawo kansa ya gwada aikace-aikacen na 'yan watanni, don ganin yadda ta yi aiki, kuma haka ne wasu abokansa da ke zaune a Rasha suka gama shigar da shi a karon farko. Martanin da suka samu daga waɗannan yana da kyau, yana da kyau sosai, sannan suka yanke shawarar cewa WhatsApp dole ne ya ga haske da saman.
WhatsApp 2.0 ya isa, kuma masu amfani da aikace-aikacen sun kai 250.000. A lokacin, kaɗan ne ke amfani da shi a duk duniya. Wasu ne kawai suka biya shi, tun lokacin akwai kawai sigar da aka biya don iOS. Koyaya, kadan kadan ya girma, kuma a cikin 2011 ya sami cikin mafi kyawun aikace-aikacen 20 a cikin Store Store na Amurka. Ya fara cin nasara a jere, kuma zai ci gaba da tafiya, ba tsayawa. Wadanda suke da mafi kyawun ƙwaƙwalwar ajiya, ƙila za ku iya tunawa da tallace-tallacen da ke kewaye da garin da aikace-aikacen ya bayyana. Ya zama da'awar da Nokia ke amfani da ita don jawo hankalin masu amfani. Sayi Nokia, ku sami WhatsApp, wannan shine sakon da kamfanin Finnish ya zo bayarwa. A cikin shekaru biyu, suna da masu amfani miliyan 200 masu aiki, kuma wannan shine shekarar da ta gabata.
Bayanan suna da ban mamaki, ba don abin da suka samu a lokacin ba, amma saboda daga wannan lokacin har zuwa yanzu an sami babban canji. A halin yanzu WhatsApp yana da masu amfani da 450 miliyan XNUMX masu aiki, kasancewar kamfanin da ya kai wannan adadi mafi sauri a tarihi (bayanai daga wani ɗan jari-hujja da aka buga a shafin yanar gizon ɗaya daga cikin kamfanonin zuba jari a WhatsApp).
Abin mamaki shine cewa aikace-aikacen ya ƙidaya kawai kuma yayi aiki tare da injiniyoyi 32. Akwai mai amfani guda ɗaya don masu amfani miliyan 14 masu aiki, adadin da ba za a iya zato ba a kowane sabis na kan layi. Amma akwai cikakkun bayanai da suka fi wannan sha'awar, kamar cewa babu wani lokaci da suka yi kasuwanci ko hulɗar jama'a, kuma duk da haka sun sami ci gaba sosai a wannan lokacin. Ba su taɓa son tallatawa ba, kuma a zahiri, ba su taɓa samun wata alama da tambari da sunan kamfaninsu a farfajiyar hedkwatarsu ba. Makullin WhatsApp ya kasance a cikin masu amfani, waɗanda suka fahimci cewa aikace-aikacen ya yi aiki sosai, kuma ya sa wasu ma su fara amfani da shi.
Har zuwa lokacin da Facebook ya sayi WhatsApp, Jan Koum ya mallaki kashi 45% na kamfanin, yayin da Brian ke da kashi 20%. Jan yana da damar dala biliyan 6,8, yayin da Brian zai biya dala biliyan 3, ban da ayyukansa na kafofin watsa labarun. Tabbas rayuwa ta canza da yawa ga waɗannan masu shirye-shiryen biyu, waɗanda suka tafi daga facebook sun ƙi, suna da kamfanin da aka saya da adadi mafi girma a tarihin aikace-aikacen.
