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2. Edith Yeung is a Partner at 500 Startups’ Mobile
Collective, focusing on investing in mobile apps and
consumer internet startups.

Before 500, Edith was the VP of marketing & business
development for Dolphin Browser. Dolphin Browser is a
Sequoia-backed mobile browser with over 150 million
installs worldwide. She also founded RightVentures -
seed stage investment firm focusing on mobile and
consumer internet companies. Prior, she led many
operation roles at Oracle, Siebel, AT&T, Symantec,

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5. Facebook & Tencent
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billion monthly active
messaging users.

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8. Voice call functionality is now available on WhatsApp,
Facebook Messenger, WeChat, Kakao Talk & Line.

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13. WeChat
launches image
recognition by
location, book &
music cover and
languages.

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15. Asian Messaging apps generated over $3.8 billion
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17. Buy train, movie tickets, electricity, water,
gas and phone bills via WeChat payment.

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18. Set up their own shops using Weidian
(Shopify for WeChat)

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19. Engage customers in conversation before,
during and after a sale.

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22. WeChat for Real Estate

New York Real-Estate Agent Scores $13
Million Deal on WeChat

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23. Messaging will
redefine the
mobile industry.

24. Just a few
predictions...

25. Messaging will be the
biggest threat to
Google Search.

26. Messaging Voice Feature —
One of the Biggest Threats
for Telecom Operators.

27. Messaging Apps will process
more shopping transactions than
all other shopping apps
combined.

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28. Messaging by the number

1. WhatsApp is #1 Messaging App in the World with over 800 million
monthly active users.

2. Facebook & Tencent own more than 2.7 billion monthly active messaging
users.

3. Snapchat has 200 million users who share 8,796 photos per second.

4. Facebook Messenger users made over 1 million video calls during the
first two days after launch.

5. Asian Messaging apps generated over $3.8 billion combined revenue in
2015

6. With over 3 billion combined monthly active users, businesses are
reaching their audience via messaging apps.

7. Top messaging apps are Facebook messenger, Whatsapp, Wechat, Line,
QQ, Line, Kakao talk, Viber, iMessage, etc.

@edithyeung

29. You can find my presentation at:

Deck http://www.edith.co/#blog

Email [email protected]

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