Episode Synopsis "WhatsApp: Demystifying the world's most popular messaging tool"

WhatsApp has quickly but quietly become the world’s most popular messaging app. It has a base of over a billion users worldwide and was acquired by Facebook for $19B, in the biggest acquisition of a VC-backed startup to date. Tune in to hear what exactly makes WhatsApp so powerful.

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