Description: Facebook spent $19 billion on WhatsApp, turning its founders Jan Koum and Brian Acton into sensational Silicon Valley success stories.

Source: CNNMoney.com – video report

Date: Feb 20, 2014

Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/technology/2014/02/20/t-whatsapp-founders-food-stamps-to-billionaires-facebook.cnnmoney/index.html

Questions for Discussions:

• What is the main lesson to entrepreneurs in this report?
• What lesson is there for HR department managers examining job applicants?
• Why do you suppose these two entrepreneur success stories failed to get hired at tech firms?