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Brian Acton started WhatsApp with Jan Koum in part because Twitter and Facebook rejected him for a job. Facebook later bought WhatsApp for $16 billion dollars.

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Being refused a job or two is different than not being able to get no job, like a million times different.

Yeah, you're 100% right, which is why I hesitated posting this, but it's too juicy not to mention.

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