Mayelana Nendoda Eyaphilela Ukuzidela Empilweni - uBrian Acton

“Umama wavula inkampani yezokuthutha ngamabhanoyi, ugogo wakha inkundla yegalofu. Usomabhizinisi nokuzifaka engozini kusegazini lami,” esho engxoxweni nabezindaba. Kuze kube manje, ubungozi abuthatha bukhokhe kahle. Futhi cishe akakasho izwi lokugcina.

1. Isithombe sika-Acton kusukela ezinsukwini zakhe zokufunda

UBrian osemncane wachitha ubuntwana bakhe nobusha bakhe eMichigan lapho athola khona iziqu eLake Howell High School wabe esefunda isayensi yekhompyutha eStanford University e1994. Ngaphambi kwalokho, uphinde wafunda e-University of Central Florida nase-University of Pennsylvania (1).

Unina, owayenenkampani yemikhumbi ephumelelayo, wakhuthaza indodana yakhe ukuba iziqalele ibhizinisi layo. Lona, nokho, lahlala ngo-1992. Umphathi Wesistimu eRockwell International, wabe esesebenza umhloli womkhiqizo ku-Apple Inc. kanye nezinhlelo ze-Adobe. Ngo-1996, waba isisebenzi samashumi amane nane, iqashwe yi-Yahoo!.

Ngo-1997 wahlangana Yana Kuma, umngane wakhe owaba ngumngane wakhe wesikhathi eside kamuva, isifiki sase-Ukraine. Wamkholisa ukuthi ajoyine i-Yahoo! njengonjiniyela wengqalasizinda futhi washiya iSan Jose State University. Bobabili basebenze ndawonye enkampanini iminyaka eyishumi isiyonke, bexazulula izinkinga eziningi emkhakheni we-IT.

Ngenkathi ibhamuza le-inthanethi liqhuma ngo-2000, u-Acton, owayetshale imali eningi ku-dot-com, ilahlekelwe izigidi. NgoSepthemba 2007, u-Koum no-Acton banquma ukushiya i-Yahoo! Bazungeza iNingizimu Melika unyaka wonke futhi bachitha isikhathi sabo bezijabulisa. NgoJanuwari 2009, uKum wazithengela i-iPhone. Ethonywe yilokhu kutshalwa kwezimali okuncane, waqaphela ukuthi i-App Store esanda kuzalwa yayinamandla amakhulu futhi izofezeka ngokugcwele maduze. imboni entsha yohlelo lokusebenza lweselula.

Ngokulandela lo mcabango, U-Acton no-Koum beze nohlelo lokusebenza lwemilayezo. Banqume ukuthi igama elithi WhatsApp lizofaneleka kuphrojekthi yabo ehlanganyelwe ngoba lizwakala njengombuzo ojwayelekile ngesiNgisi. Kwenzekani? ("Unjani?").

Ngaleso sikhathi, futhi, kwakukhona indaba evame ukudluliswa njengesibonelo kubasunguli abasha kanye nosomabhizinisi. Ngo-2009, u-Acton no-Koum bavolontiya ukusebenzela i-Facebook kodwa benqatshelwa. Njengabaningi abaphoxekile, uBrian usebenzise i-Twitter ukuzwakalisa ukukhungatheka kwakhe.

“I-Facebook ingilahlile. Kwakuyithuba elihle lokuhlangana nabantu abamangalisayo. Ngibheke ngabomvu uhambo lwami olulandelayo empilweni,” ubhale kuTwitter (2).

2. I-tweet ka-Acton ekhungathekile ngemva kokwenqatshwa yi-Facebook

Lapho laba ababili bevuma ukuthengisa i-WhatsApp yabo ku-Facebook eminyakeni emihlanu kamuva nge-$ 19 billion, abaningi baveza ngokuhleka usulu ukuthi ngo-2009 kungenzeka ukuthi bayithole yonke ngemali encane kakhulu ...

I-Star App Store

Abadali be-WhatsApp babheke kabusha ukuxhumana phakathi kwama-smartphone. Ubumfihlo babuyinto eza kuqala kubo.

Isevisi yabo ayikashintshi kangako kusukela ngo-2009, ngaphandle kwezengezo ezimbalwa ezinguqulweni ezintsha. Ngakho-ke, umsebenzisi akadingi ukunikeza uhlelo lokusebenza nganoma iyiphi idatha enembile ngaye, njengegama nesibongo, ubulili, ikheli noma ubudala - inombolo yocingo nje yanele. Akudingeki ngisho negama le-akhawunti—wonke umuntu ungena ngenombolo enezinombolo eziyishumi.

Isicelo sathola ukuthandwa ngokushesha eYurophu nakwamanye amazwekazi. Kakade ekuqaleni kuka-2011, i-WhatsApp yayiyinkanyezi yangempela ye-App Store, iwina indawo ehlala njalo kuzinhlelo zokusebenza eziyishumi eziphezulu zamahhala.

Ngo-March 2015, kusetshenziswa ukusungulwa kwe-Acton and Koum (3), ca. 50 billion imiyalezo - ochwepheshe baze baqala ukubikezela ukuthi i-WhatsApp, kanye nezinhlelo ezifanayo, zizoholela maduze ekunyamalaleni kwe-SMS yendabuko efana ne-Skype, eyashintsha ubuso bocingo lwamazwe ngamazwe (kulinganiselwa ukuthi ukuthuthukiswa okusheshayo kwezinhlelo zokusebenza kuye kwaholela ekulahlekelweni kwama-telecom operators izikhathi eziningi). izigidigidi zamaRandi).

Kodwa-ke, ngesikhathi lo mphumela omuhle ufinyelelwa, umkhiqizo wawungaseyena u-Acton no-Koum. Ukudayiswa kwakhe kuFacebook ngo-2014 kwenza uBrian wazuza imali eningi. IForbes ilinganisela ukuthi ubenamasheya angaphezulu kuka-20% enkampani, okumnikeze isamba semali elinganiselwa ku-$3,8 billion. Esilinganisweni seForbes Forbes, u-Acton manje usengomunye wabantu abacebe kakhulu emhlabeni abangamakhulu amathathu.

Ubumfihlo Kuqala

Umlingisi oyinhloko walo mbhalo ushiye i-WhatsApp ngoSepthemba 2017. Ngomhla zingama-20 kuNdasa, 2018, iForbes yabika ukuthi u-Acton weseka esidlangalaleni umnyakazo "wokususa i-Facebook". “Isikhathi sesifikile. #deletefacebook, ”kusho ukungena kwakhe ku ... Facebook. Isitatimende esinjalo siphawulwe kabanzi futhi sasakazwa ezinkundleni zokuxhumana ngesikhathi kuqubuka ihlazo ngokudalulwa kwedatha yabasebenzisi bayo yingosi eyaziwayo iCambridge Analytica.

Ngaleso sikhathi, uBrian usenezinyanga ezimbalwa ebambe iqhaza ohlelweni olusha - Isisekelo Sesignaliowasala umongameli futhi abeyisekela ngokwezimali. Unomthwalo wemfanelo wakhe wokwakha nokunakekela uhlelo lokusebenza Lwesiginali, olubaluleke kakhulu ekuvikeleni ubumfihlo. I-Acton isebenza eduze kakhulu nabathuthukisi balolu hlelo lokusebenza. Izigidi ezingu-50 zamaRandi azifake ngokwakhe kulo msebenzi akaphoqelekile ukuthi zibuyiselwe kuye, njengoba eqinisekisa ngokusemthethweni. I-Foundation iyinhlangano engenzi nzuzo, egcizelelwe kaningi ngumongameli wayo ezitatimendeni eziningi zomphakathi.

"Njengoba abantu abaningi behlala ku-inthanethi, ukuvikelwa kwedatha nobumfihlo kubalulekile," kusho iwebhusayithi yeSignal Foundation. “(…) Wonke umuntu ufanelwe ukuvikelwa. Sakha isisekelo sethu ngokusabela kulesi sidingo somhlaba wonke. Sifuna ukuqalisa imodeli entsha yokuthuthukisa ubuchwepheshe obungenzi nzuzo egxile kubumfihlo nokuvikelwa kwedatha yawo wonke umuntu, yonke indawo.”

Usizo lwemindeni

Kunolwazi oluncane mayelana nempilo yomuntu siqu ka-Acton kanye neminye imisebenzi yebhizinisi ngaphandle kwe-WhatsApp. Akakho phakathi kwezihlabani zemidiya ezaziwayo zaseSilicon Valley.

Lo mfundi othweswe iziqu eStanford waziwa ngokuba nothando lokutshala izimali kanye nokusiza umphakathi. Ngemuva kokuthi i-WhatsApp isithathwe yi-Facebook, idlulise amasheya acishe abe yizigidi ezingama- $290 ukusuka kumasheya ayo kuya ISilicon Valley Community Foundationokwamsiza ukuthi enze izinhlangano ezintathu ezisiza umphakathi.

Waqala umsebenzi wakhe wokusiza umphakathi ukukhanya kwelangaayisungula ngo-2014 nonkosikazi wakhe uTegan. Le nhlangano yeseka imindeni ehola kancane enezingane ezineminyaka engaphansi kwemihlanu, ithuthukisa imisebenzi emkhakheni wokuthola ukudla, ukuthola izindlu nokunakekelwa kwezempilo. Kusuka empahleni yayo, amanani ayanda adluliselwa ukusiza labo abadinga usizo - $6,4 million ngo-2015, $19,2 million ngo-2016 kanye no-$23,6 million ngo-2017.

Ngaso leso sikhathi, u-Acton wethula umndeni, isisekelo sosizo esisekelwa ngabaphi. Inomsebenzi ofanayo nowe-Sunlight Giving futhi isiza nokuvikela izilwane ezisengozini yokushabalala.

Ngesikhathi esifanayo, u-Acton akazange enqabe intshisekelo ekuqalweni kobuchwepheshe. Eminyakeni emibili edlule, wahola umjikelezo wokuxhasa ngemali iTrak N Tell, inkampani yetelematics egxile ekulandeleleni izimoto. Ehlangene nabanye abatshalizimali ababili, wanyusa cishe amaRandi ayizigidi ezi-3,5 wale nkampani.

Ungalahli ithemba

Ungathola izindatshana eziningi ezikhuthazayo ku-inthanethi ezisuselwe esiphethoni sika-Acton, ukushiya kwakhe i-Facebook, kanye nempumelelo yakhe yebhizinisi eyalandela. Kwabaningi, lena indaba enesimilo esikhuthazayo nezeluleko zokuthi ungalokothi uphele amandla. Yena ngokwakhe waba uhlobo lophawu lokukhuthazela nokuzethemba, naphezu kokuphikisana nokwehluleka.

Ngakho uma wenqatshelwe inkampani enkulu, uma wehlulekile kwezamabhizinisi noma kwezesayensi, khumbula ukuthi ukwehluleka kungokwesikhashana futhi akufanele neze ulahle amaphupho akho. Okungenani yilokho okushiwo abantu abafuna ukuthola ugqozi kule ndaba.

Ngokusekelwe ekuhlaziyeni kwempilo kaBrian kuze kube manje, singafunda lapha nalapha ukuthi uma wehluleka namuhla, uma waliwe, nokho ngeke ulahle izinhlelo zakho futhi uhlale usebenza, ungakunaki ukwehluleka, uma uqhubeka. indlela yakho , khona-ke impumelelo iyofika futhi inambithe kangcono kunokuba ifike ngokushesha.

Futhi uma kwenzeka, ngeke nje kube ukunqoba kwakho kuphela, kodwa futhi ugqozi kwabanye - owaziyo, ngisho nesizukulwane sonke. Phela akekho owayezokhumbula ama-tweets ka-Acton abuhlungu ngo-2009 ukube akazange abe nempumelelo yebhizinisi eminyakeni emihlanu kamuva. Kwaba ngokwesimo sokwenzeka ngo-2014 lapho kwadaleka khona indaba emnandi exoxwa yiwo wonke umuntu ofuna ukugqugquzelwa yiyo.

Ngoba amazwi ka-Acton - "Ngibheke phambili onyakeni olandelayo empilweni yami" - aba nencazelo hhayi lapho ebhalwa, kodwa kuphela lapho lolu hambo lwenzeka ngempela. Lokhu futhi cishe akuyona into kaBrian kuphela neyokugcina.