Low-Helicopter-2696@alien.topB to EntrepreneurEnglish · 10 months agoWhat's a business that when you first heard it, thought it was the dumbest idea in the world, and it turned out to be hugely successful?message-squaremessage-square191fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareWhat's a business that when you first heard it, thought it was the dumbest idea in the world, and it turned out to be hugely successful?Low-Helicopter-2696@alien.topB to EntrepreneurEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square191fedilinkfile-text
Airbnb sounded like a horrible idea to me. Who the heck would rent out a single room? Sounded like a recipe for murder.
minus-squarenotsocialwitch@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoWhatsApp owes its success to Indian market - not everyone has an iPhone and not all sms were free unlike USA mobile providers. Device and service provider independent messaging service.
minus-squarelanylover@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoOh interesting info. I never thought about it this way but then again it wasn’t specifically built for that market, was it?
WhatsApp owes its success to Indian market - not everyone has an iPhone and not all sms were free unlike USA mobile providers. Device and service provider independent messaging service.
Oh interesting info. I never thought about it this way but then again it wasn’t specifically built for that market, was it?