Facebook Inc’s Messenger app surpassed 800 million users, the company said on Thursday, making it the fastest-growing app of 2015 according to research firm Nielsen. The means Messenger, which Facebook created as a standalone app in 2014, has more active monthly users than rivals Snapchat and Viber, but still lags the 900 million using WhatsApp, […]
The busy CEO reveals his secret to managing a busy life. Jack Dorsey, the CEOs of both Twitter and payments technology company Square, has a secret to keep from being overwhelmed. “I look to build a lot of consistent routine,” he said during a question and answer session Tuesday on the online forum Product Hunt. “Same […]
A fall in tech valuations may send U.S. and Chinese unicorns running in different directions. Several private Silicon Valley firms worth $1 billion or more have taken valuation hits once they are in the public eye. The same may be happening to one-horned beasts in the People’s Republic, only in private. Take Jack Dorsey’s U.S. online […]
1. Don’t bother creating any kind of cash flow model, because it’s bullshit, right? 2. Overestimate the value and volume of the “data” that you’ll collect when lots of users are on your platform. 3. Assume that lots of users will be using your platform when you don’t even have a good plan to get […]