Ukusuka kubadwebi benkqubo abancinci ukuya koosozigidi abayinxalenye yeFacebook, esi sisishwankathelo sobomi bukaJan Koum noBrian Acton, abangaziwayo kuninzi lwabo basebenzise isicelo sabo, kodwa besenza isigqibo kwihlabathi lonxibelelwano kunye nemiyalezo kwaye njengoko siyibona. namhlanje. Ngabaseki bakaWhatsApp. Kwaye eli libali lesicelo esibiza kakhulu kwihlabathi.
Into ekungekho mntu wayeyithetha kukuba ukuqala kwemisebenzi kaJan Koum kunye noBrian Acton baqala ngokugatywa kwe-Facebook. Inethiwekhi yoluntu namhlanje yenye yeenkampani eziqesha iitalente ezinkulu kwihlabathi labadwelisi benkqubo, yakhaba abo babeza kufumana esona sicelo saziwayo nesisetyenziswa kakhulu kwihlabathi. Bobabini bafaka isicelo somsebenzi uPalo Alto awayewuthumele, kwaye bobabini abawa. Ngapha koko, uBrian Acton wabhala kwiprofayile yakhe ye-Twitter: “I-Facebook indikhabile. Ube nethuba elihle lokudibana nabantu abakhulu. Sele ulinde i-adventure elandelayo yobomi. Into ekusenokwenzeka ukuba uBrian akazange ayicinge ngelo xesha kukuba uFacebook wayeza kuphelela ekuthengeni iapp awayeza kuzifumana.
Ubomi bukaJan abuzange buqale ngeyona ndlela ithembisayo. Wazalelwa kwidolophu encinane kufuphi neKiev, eUkraine. Intsapho yakowabo kwafuneka isebenze nzima ukuze ikwazi ukuphila, yaye ikhaya labo lalingenawo nombane. Ngokuqinisekileyo yayingeyona ndawo ilungileyo yokuphelela ekubeni ngomnye wabacwangcisi abafunwa kakhulu kwihlabathi. Nangona kunjalo, yena nomama wakhe bafuduka xa wayeneminyaka eyi-16 ubudala kwaye baya kuwa eMountain View, bafumana indawo yokuhlala kwigumbi elinamagumbi amabini ngenxa yoncedo lukarhulumente. Apho uJan waqalisa ukuzinikela ekwenzeni imisebenzi embalwa eyayinokufunyanwa yinkwenkwe yaseUkraine kwilizwe elihambele phambili, ngoko waqalisa ukucoca kwivenkile ethengisa ukutya, ngoxa unina wayesebenza njengomntwana. Sekunjalo, kwakuxhomekeke kwinkxaso-mali karhulumente. Asinto ingaqhelekanga ke ngoko ukuba yonke into iye yawa xa umama wabo wafunyaniswa ukuba unomhlaza. Mhlawumbi konke oku kwamkhokelela ekubeni aqalise ukuziqeqesha. Ngeminyaka eyi-18, wafunda malunga neenkqubo zekhomputha zenethiwekhi ezivela kwiincwadana ezivela kwivenkile yencwadi yesibini. Oku kwamkhokelela kamva ukuba abhalise kwiYunivesithi yaseSan Jose State, kwaye afumane umsebenzi e-Ernst & Young eqhuba iimvavanyo zokhuseleko lwekhompyuter. Kwakungelo xesha apho ubomi buka-Acton kunye noKoum badibana kumgca wexesha.
Kamva uJan wafumana umsebenzi eYahoo njengenjineli yeziseko zophuhliso, apho wadibana khona noBrian. Ngeli xesha, wagqiba ekubeni ayeke ekholejini, into esele siyibonile abantu abaninzi ababalaseleyo kwihlabathi letekhnoloji. Nangona kunjalo, kude nokufumana uzinzo kwinkampani yaseMelika, yena noBrian bagqiba kwelokuba bayishiye iYahoo ngo-2007, ukuze bazinikele ekuphumleni kwaye baqale ukuhamba. Ngokucacileyo, ukugcinwa kwabo akuzange kuhlale ixesha elide, kwaye kulapho baqala ukuqwalasela indlela yokufumana imali, ekubeni ngo-2009 xa baqala ukubumba oko namhlanje ubomi bemihla ngemihla bezigidi zabasebenzisi.
U-Jan Koum uthenge i-iPhone kwaye yindlela awafumanisa ngayo ukuba ihlabathi lezicelo laliza kuba yi-paradigm elandelayo kwi-teknoloji. Ndandifuna ukwenza inkonzo yokuthumela imiyalezo elula kwaye ngokukhawuleza, ndicinga ukuba oku kunokusebenza ngokumangalisayo ukuba kusekelwe kubasebenzisi beselula njengesiseko. Injongo yayikukuba wonke umntu akwazi ukunxibelelana nabanye abantu kwiqonga elinye, kwaye ngokulula.
U-WhatsApp uyazalwa
Noko ke, umsebenzi awuzange ungqale njengoko ndandilindele. Ingcamango yayicace kakhulu. Kwakufuneka nje udale iqonga elenziwe ukuze abasebenzisi bathethe omnye komnye. Kodwa umsebenzi wenkqubo waqala ukuba nzima, kwaye yayiziinyanga zomsebenzi onzima kunye nomgudu, kunye neemvavanyo kunye nezilingo ezibandakanyiweyo, ezixabisa uKoum ukugqiba isicelo. Enyanisweni, ngalo lonke elo xesha, kwakukho amaxesha anzima apho uJan weza ukucinga ngokushiya ngokupheleleyo i-WhatsApp. Kwaye kwakuloo meko apho uBrian Acton wafika. Iqabane lakhe lamcenga ukuba azame esi sicelo kangangeenyanga ezimbalwa, ukuze abone ukuba sisebenza njani, kwaye leyo yindlela abanye abahlobo bakhe ababehlala eRashiya abagqiba ngayo ukuyifaka okokuqala. Impendulo abayifumene kwezi yayintle, intle kakhulu, emva koko bagqiba kwelokuba uWhatsApp kufuneka abone ukukhanya kunye nomphezulu.
I-WhatsApp 2.0 yafika, kwaye abasebenzisi abasebenzayo besicelo bafikelela kwi-250.000. Ngelo xesha, babembalwa kakhulu ababeyisebenzisa ehlabathini lonke. Kuphela ngabanye ababeyihlawulele, ukususela ngoko kwakukho kuphela inguqulelo ehlawulweyo ye-iOS. Nangona kunjalo, kancinci kancinci yakhula, kwaye ngo-2011 yaba phakathi kwezicelo ezingcono ezingama-20 kwiVenkile yeApp yaseUnited States. Wayeliqalisile ibanga lakhe lempumelelo, kwaye wayeza kuqhubeka eqhubeleka, engayeki. Abo kuni banenkumbulo engcono, unokukhumbula iintengiso ezazijikeleze isixeko apho isicelo savela khona. Yaba libango elisetyenziswa ngabakwaNokia ukutsala abasebenzisi. Thenga iNokia, ube ne-WhatsApp, yayingumyalezo lowo inkampani yaseFinland ize kunika. Kwiminyaka emibini, bebenabasebenzisi abasebenzayo abazizigidi ezingama-200, kwaye bekulo nyaka uphelileyo.
Idatha iyamangalisa, kungekhona ngenxa yento ababeyifumene ngelo xesha, kodwa ngenxa yokuba ukususela kuloo mzuzu kude kube ngoku kukho utshintsho olukhulu. I-WhatsApp okwangoku inabasebenzisi abasebenzayo abazizigidi ezingama-450, ibe yinkampani efikelele kwelo nani ngokukhawuleza kwimbali (idatha evela kwi-capitalist ye-venture epapashwe kwiblogi yenye yeenkampani zotyalo-mali ku-WhatsApp).
Into emangalisayo kukuba isicelo sibalwe kuphela kwaye sisebenze kunye neenjineli ze-32. Kukho umsebenzisi omnye we-14 yezigidi zabasebenzisi abasebenzayo, umlinganiselo ongenakucingelwa kuyo nayiphi na inkonzo ye-intanethi. Kodwa kukho iinkcukacha ezinomdla ngakumbi kunoko, njengenyaniso yokuba akukho naliphi na ixesha abaye baba nobudlelwane borhwebo okanye loluntu, kwaye nangona kunjalo baye bakwazi ukukhula kakhulu ngeli xesha. Abazange bafune ukupapashwa, kwaye enyanisweni, abakaze babe nophawu olunelogo kunye negama lenkampani yabo kwi-facade yekomkhulu labo. Isihluthulelo se-WhatsApp sibe kubasebenzisi, abaqaphela ukuba isicelo sisebenze kakuhle, kwaye senze abanye baqale ukuyisebenzisa.
Kude kwathengwa uWhatsApp kuFacebook, uJan Koum ebengumnini wenkampani i45%, logama uBrian ena20%. UJan unelungelo le-6,8 yeebhiliyoni zeedola, ngelixa uBrian uya kufuneka ahlawule i-3 yeebhiliyoni zeedola, ukongeza kwimisebenzi yakhe yentlalo yoluntu. Ewe, ubomi buye batshintsha kakhulu kwaba badwelisi benkqubo babini, abathe basuka ekukhatyweni nguFacebook, ukuya ekubeni nenkampani ethengwe ngelona nani likhulu kwimbali yezicelo.
