Kusukela kubahleli bohlelo abancane kuya kosozigidi abayingxenye ye-Facebook, lesi isifinyezo sempilo ka-Jan Koum no-Brian Acton, engaziwa iningi lalabo abasebenzisa uhlelo lwabo lokusebenza, kodwa abanqumayo emhlabeni wezokuxhumana kanye nemiyalezo futhi njengoba sibona. namuhla. Bangabasunguli be-WhatsApp. Futhi lena indaba yohlelo lokusebenza olubiza kakhulu emhlabeni.
Okungekho muntu owayengakusho ukuthi ukuqala kwemisebenzi kaJan Koum noBrian Acton kwaqala ngokuchithwa kwe-Facebook. Inkundla yezokuxhumana namuhla engenye yezinkampani eziqasha amathalente amakhulu emhlabeni wabahleli bezinhlelo, yenqabe labo ababezothola kamuva isicelo esaziwa kakhulu nesisetshenziswa kakhulu emhlabeni. Laba bobabili bafaka isicelo somsebenzi abantu basePalo Alto ababewuthumele, futhi bobabili banqatshwa. Eqinisweni, uBrian Acton wabhala ekhasini lakhe le-Twitter: “I-Facebook ingilahlile. Uthole ithuba elihle lokuhlangana nabantu abakhulu. Usuvele ulinde i-adventure elandelayo yempilo. Okungenzeka ukuthi uBrian akazange akucabange ngaleso sikhathi ukuthi uFacebook wayezogcina ethenge i-app ayezozitholela yona.
Impilo ka-Jan ayizange iqale ngendlela ethembisa kakhulu, futhi. Wazalelwa edolobhaneni elincane eduze kwaseKiev, e-Ukraine. Umkhaya wakubo kwadingeka usebenze kanzima ukuze uphile, futhi umuzi wabo wawungenawo ngisho nogesi. Impela bekungeyona indawo engcono kakhulu ongagcina usungomunye wabahleli bezinhlelo ababefunwa kakhulu emhlabeni. Nokho, yena nomama wakhe bafuduka lapho eneminyaka engu-16 ubudala bayowela eMountain View, bathola indawo yokukhosela efulethini elinamakamelo amabili ngenxa yosizo lukahulumeni. Lapho, uJan waqala ukuzinikela ekwenzeni imisebenzi embalwa umfana wase-Ukraine ayengayithola ezweni elithuthukile, ngakho waqala ukuhlanza esitolo, kuyilapho unina esebenza njengomzanyana. Noma kunjalo, kwakuncike ekusizeni uhulumeni. Akuyona into engavamile-ke ukuthi yonke into yabhidlika ngesikhathi unina etholakala enomdlavuza. Mhlawumbe yikho konke lokhu okuholele ekutheni aqale ukuziqeqesha. Lapho eneminyaka engu-18, wafunda mayelana nezinhlelo zekhompiyutha zenethiwekhi ezivela kumamanuwali avela esitolo sezincwadi ezisetshenzisiwe. Lokhu kwamholela kamuva ukuthi abhalise e-San Jose State University, futhi athole umsebenzi kwa-Ernst & Young enza izivivinyo zokuphepha zekhompyutha. Kungaleso sikhathi lapho izimpilo zika-Acton no-Koum zaphambana khona nomugqa wesikhathi.
Kamuva u-Jan wathola umsebenzi e-Yahoo njengonjiniyela wengqalasizinda, lapho ahlangana khona noBrian. Kuleli qophelo, wanquma ukuyeka ekolishi, into esesivele sabona abantu abaningi abavelele emhlabeni beyenza. Kodwa-ke, kude nokuthola uzinzo enkampanini yaseMelika, yena noBrian banquma ukushiya i-Yahoo ngo-2007, ukuze bazinikele ukuze baphumule futhi baqale ukuhamba. Ngokusobala, ukonga kwabo akuzange kuhlale isikhathi eside kakhulu, futhi yilapho-ke baqala khona ukucabangela indlela yokuthola imali, ngo-2009 lapho beqala ukubumba lokho okuyimpilo yansuku zonke yezigidi zabasebenzisi.
U-Jan Koum uthenge i-iPhone futhi yileyo ndlela athola ngayo ukuthi umhlaba wezinhlelo zokusebenza wawuzoba ipharadigm enkulu elandelayo kwezobuchwepheshe. Bengifuna ukudala isevisi yemiyalezo elula futhi esheshayo, ngicabanga ukuthi lokhu kungasebenza kahle uma kusekelwe kubasebenzisi beselula njengesisekelo. Umgomo wawuwukuba wonke umuntu akwazi ukuxhumana nabanye abantu endaweni eyodwa, futhi kalula.
Kuzalwe WhatsApp
Nokho, umsebenzi wawungaqondile njengoba ngangilindele. Umqondo wawucace kakhulu. Bekumele udale inkundla eyenziwe ukuze abasebenzisi bakhulume bodwa. Kodwa umsebenzi wokuhlela waqala ukuba nzima, futhi kwaba yizinyanga zokuzikhandla nokuzikhandla, kufakwe nezivivinyo nezivivinyo, okwabiza u-Koum ukuqeda isicelo. Eqinisweni, phakathi naso sonke leso sikhathi, kwakunezikhathi ezinzima lapho uJan ecabanga ukushiya ngokuphelele i-WhatsApp. Futhi kwakukuleso simo lapho uBrian Acton efika khona. Uzakwabo wamncenga ukuba azame isicelo izinyanga ezimbalwa, abone ukuthi sisebenza kanjani, futhi kwaba kanjalo abanye abangani bakhe owayehlala eRussia abagcina ngokusifaka okokuqala. Impendulo abayithola kulaba yaba yinhle, yaba yinhle kakhulu, base benquma ukuthi uWhatsApp kumele abone ukukhanya nokukhanya.
I-WhatsApp 2.0 ifikile, futhi abasebenzisi abasebenzayo bohlelo lokusebenza bafinyelela ku-250.000. Ngaleso sikhathi, babembalwa kakhulu ababeyisebenzisa emhlabeni wonke. Abanye kuphela ababeyikhokhele, kusukela ngaleso sikhathi kwakunenguqulo ekhokhelwe kuphela ye-iOS. Nokho, kancane kancane yakhula, futhi ngo-2011 yaba enye yezinhlelo zokusebenza eziphezulu ezingu-20 e-United States App Store. Umzila wakhe wempumelelo wawusuqalile, futhi wayezoqhubeka eqhubeka, engaphezi. Labo kini abanenkumbulo engcono, ningakhumbula ngisho nezikhangiso ezazisedolobheni lapho isicelo savela khona. Sekuyisimangalo esisetshenziswa abakwaNokia ukuheha abasebenzisi. Thenga iNokia, ube ne-WhatsApp, lowo kwakuwumyalezo inkampani yaseFinland eza izowunikeza. Eminyakeni emibili, bebenabasebenzisi abasebenzayo abayizigidi ezingama-200, futhi lokho bekungonyaka owedlule.
Imininingwane iyamangalisa, hhayi ngenxa yalokho ababekuzuzile ngaleso sikhathi, kodwa ngoba kusukela ngaleso sikhathi kuze kube manje kube noshintsho olukhulu. Njengamanje i-WhatsApp inabasebenzisi abasebenzayo abayizigidi ezingu-450, okuyinkampani esifinyelele kuleso sibalo ngokushesha kakhulu emlandweni (idatha evela ku-venture capitalist eshicilelwe kubhulogi yenye yezinkampani zokutshala izimali ku-WhatsApp).
Into emangazayo ukuthi uhlelo lokusebenza lubala futhi lwasebenza nonjiniyela abangama-32 kuphela. Kukhona umsebenzisi oyedwa kubasebenzisi abasebenzayo abayizigidi eziyi-14, ingxenye engacabangeki kunoma iyiphi isevisi ye-inthanethi. Kodwa kunemininingwane enelukuluku kakhulu kunalokho, njengokuthi akakaze abe nobudlelwano bokuhweba noma bomphakathi, nokuthi noma kunjalo bakwazile ukukhula kakhulu ngalesi sikhathi. Abakaze bafune ukubukwa, futhi empeleni, abakaze babe nophawu olunophawu negama lenkampani yabo ebusweni bendlunkulu yabo. Isihluthulelo se-WhatsApp besilokhu sikubasebenzisi, abaqaphela ukuthi uhlelo lokusebenza lusebenze kahle, futhi lwenza nabanye baqale ukulusebenzisa.
Kuze kube yilapho uFacebook ethenga i-WhatsApp, uJan Koum ubengumnikazi wenkampani engu-45%, kanti uBrian enama-20%. U-Jan unelungelo lokuthola ama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-6,8, kanti uBrian kuzodingeka akhokhe ama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezintathu, ngaphezu kwemisebenzi yakhe yezokuxhumana. Impela impilo isishintshe kakhulu kulaba badidiyeli ababili abasuka ekunqatshweni yiFacebook bagcina sebenenkampani ethengwe ngenani elikhulu kunawo wonke emlandweni wezicelo.
