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The App Everyone Has Been Dying For

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You said yourself, big companies don't want a single messenger app to exist, but you don't say how you'll get around that. How exactly are you planning to get around the "big players" banning your API keys?

I alluded to this a little bit, but I'm happy to clarify further. As I mentioned, if the people want something - they will get it. We saw this with Snapchat. Facebook tried to squish them, buy them, then squish them again. They couldn't take them down. Same thing would have happened with Instagram if they didn't buy them.

Our workaround will be working with the networks we can. There are hundreds of messaging apps boasting over a million active users. If we can get half of the top 100, we become dangerous. Once we get that major market share, we start to make partnerships to get the integrations we couldn't before. While we do that, we will begin to unify other things like email, phone calls, and video chat.

Maybe he just wants to be bought out? Chat services always sold for so much money.

Haha I am always open to offers, but we plan to build this platform to 'Hootsuite status.'

How are you able to determine this is the app Everyone has been dying for? I would seriously consider a more focused niche approach to your product and market. What problem does Unum messenger really solve? Go for it! Im not trying to be critical, but the title made me think it was going to be something new and mindbliwingly awesome.

Ohhhhhh, it may not be new, but I assure you - it is mind-blowingly awesome.

The problem it solves is app fatigue. I get this isn't a problem I have, but let me run you through the list of messaging apps I use.

- Slack - WhatsApp - HipChat - Facebook Messenger - Intercom - Kik - Social Media DM's - Skype (for messaging) - Google Hangouts (for messaging) - WeChat - Multiple Emails - I'm probably forgetting some because there are so many

It may not solve a problem for everyone, but if nothing else - it will be a lifesaver for me! :)

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