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I think every acquisition is unique and different. The best strategy is to listen to the founders and follow their lead.

~Brian Acton

Topics: Acquisition Best Different Every Follow Founders Lead Listen Strategy Think Unique I Think

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Dealing with ads is depressing. You don't make anyone's life better by making advertisements work better.

~Brian Acton

Topics: Ads Advertisement Anyone Better Dealing Depressing Life Make Making Work You

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Yes, I was a big math and computer geek, that's true. I was driven by the scholastic side of things. For me, it was all about what I could do with math and computers.

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Your insurance broker has your telephone number, but your insurance broker doesn't have your Facebook ID. I think they are very different modes of communication. Commingling them can come with risk and peril.

~Brian Acton

Topics: Broker Come Communication Different Facebook Id Insurance Modes Number Peril Risk Telephone Them Think Very Your I Think

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'WhatsApp' provides phone number-based messaging, and people asked, 'Isn't that what SMS is?' Yes, but SMS is expensive, antiquated, and what WhatsApp did was modernize and level that playing field.

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My DNA is building a product and a service.

~Brian Acton

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People want chat histories. They're a permanent testimony of a relationship.

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My mom started an air-freight company; my grandmother built a golf course. I have a certain degree of entrepreneurial risk-taking in my family history. Maybe that eventually rubbed off on me a little bit.

~Brian Acton

Topics: Bit Built Certain Certain Degree Company Course Degree Entrepreneurial Eventually Family Family History Golf Golf Course Grandmother History Little Little Bit Maybe Me Mom Off Risk-Taking Started

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Going public is 18-month process, while an acquisition is a 6-month process. Going public means going under so much scrutiny, regulatory approval, auditing, magnified 10 times. Having the stomach to do that isn't necessarily in my DNA. My DNA is building a product and a service.

~Brian Acton

Topics: Acquisition Approval Building Going Having Means Much Necessarily Process Product Public Regulatory Scrutiny Service Stomach Times While Dna

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There's a certain degree of speculation that goes into valuations. In so far as the market supports a valuation, everyone who gets a great one deserves it, but they should also be cautious because that speculation is temporary. I saw Yahoo go from $100 billion to $10 billion. It's not a long-term measure.

~Brian Acton

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Businessman

Born: Unknown

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