March 2014 Archive
March 12, 2014 Categories: Business By Jeff Taylor
Last week Facebook agreed to purchase WhatsApp for $19B. The real story from the purchase was that in 2009 Brian Acton, Co-Founder of WhatsApp tried to get a job at Facebook and was turned down. Many of the headlines are talking about how Facebook’s recruiters “Blew it” or “Cost the company $19B.” I would argue that there is the very real possibility that the Facebook recruiters didn’t blow it, but may have made the right decision. Let's...
Maybe The Facebook Recruiters Did Get It Right