WhatsApp's chief business officer Neeraj Arora is leaving the company

Re:WhatsApp's chief business officer Neeraj Arora is leaving... by dkobia on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @07:58AM (#18541928)

Curious what the role of a business officer at WhatsApp is considering it doesn't currently have a business model.

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Re:WhatsApp's chief business officer Neeraj Arora is leaving... by Irishsteve on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @08:44AM (#18542193)

Probably working with carriers and hand set manufactures to try and get WhatsApp installed by default.

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Re:WhatsApp's chief business officer Neeraj Arora is leaving... by TremendousJudge on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @10:44AM (#18543186)

Where I live (in South America), carriers give WhatsApp traffic for free to their clients. I guess this is probably the case in other countries as well.

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Re:WhatsApp's chief business officer Neeraj Arora is leaving... by fatnoah on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @05:03PM (#18547263)

There's also the B2C communication side of things. Businesses would be willing to pay to communicate with their customers via WhatsApp. Disclaimer: Until this year I worked for a company building apps to let businesses communicate with their customers via SMS and Facebook. Support for WhatsApp was the next most asked-for platform from our customers and prospects.

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Re:WhatsApp's chief business officer Neeraj Arora is leaving... by whatshisface on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @08:09AM (#18541999)

They had him around in a bid to come up with one, but now he's leaving because they all agreed it was time to give up. ;)

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Re:WhatsApp's chief business officer Neeraj Arora is leaving... by dvfjsdhgfv on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @08:21AM (#18542051)

The business model of start-ups like WhatsApp is centered around M&As, and here the result for WhatsApp has been spectacular.

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