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    Joanna Goh · · 1 min read

    What's your favourite tech startup and why?

    What’s your favourite technology startup and why? To get the ball rolling…. here is mine 😀

    WhatsApp. Because it’s the first app that truly amazed me about the smartphone and its limitless opportunities. Keeping friends connected is so easy on WhatsApp, more so than FB or Twitter IMO. 

    I particularly like that it is light and spam free. I love stickers but it’s starting to annoy me nowadays. Simply put, WhatsApp takes away the noise and gets you to do what it truly matters: Messaging.

    The WhatsApp’s story is pretty inspiring too. With just a handful of engineers, they manage to disrupt mobile texting. The efficiency and boldness in their mission is insane yet refreshing. It’s minimalistic and inspirational. What a great great product…

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    Joanna Goh

    Raised in Melbourne, lives in Taiwan. Trying to get a hang of the world of tech and startups.