Mark Zuckerberg was terrified of this tiny startup:

• 0 revenue
• 13 employees
• No business model

So he bought it for $1 Billion

This is the story of Instagram and Facebook cohabitation

Back in 2010, Instagram started as a small idea with big potential.

To get started, the founders secured $500K in seed funding, valuing the company at just $5 million.

Little did they know, this humble beginning would soon lead to one of the biggest social media success stories in history.

Most founders would've immediately focused on accelerating revenue.

But Instagram did something different – watch the video for a clue:

They completely ignored monetization.

Instead, they obsessed over their North Star metric: User growth.

The idea behind this? If they could get enough people addicted to the platform, the money would soon follow.

Sounds sensible — the numbers didn't lie:

In just 2 months, Instagram had built up 1,000,000 users.
6 months later - 5,000,000 users.
By September 2011 - 10,000,000 users.

Growth was exponential.

Their users were spending hours on the app every day, which caught the attention of a major player: Facebook Founder - Mark Zuckerberg

Zuckerberg saw the threat:

• Instagram's mobile-first approach
• Incredible engagement metrics
• Rapid user growth

But he wasn't alone – Google and Twitter were also circling. And this tension created the perfect FOMO:

By April 2012, Instagram had:

• 30M+ active users
• Multiple potential acquirers

All with 0 revenue.

They had engineered the ultimate 'fear of missing out' situation...

Facebook couldn't risk letting Instagram go to a competitor.

So Zuckerberg made his move: he offered $1B in cash and stock.

Instagram's team had created so much leverage that Facebook had no choice but to pay such an expensive amount.

100% Higher than the original worth of the platform

So Why Did Mark Buy Instagram?
For Facebook, the risk wasn’t just about competition—it was about survival.

At the time, Facebook was struggling with mobile adoption, while Instagram had mastered mobile engagement.

The younger audience was flocking to Instagram, and if another tech giant like Google or Twitter had acquired it, Facebook's dominance could have been shaken.

Zuckerberg knew that in the business world, owning attention is more powerful than owning revenue—at least in the early stages. So he made the bold move and bought Instagram before it became an unstoppable rival.

Instagram’s story teaches us a critical business lesson:

- Leverage is everything.

Many people assume that a company needs revenue to be valuable, but that’s not always true.

The business world doesn’t just reward sales —it rewards attention, influence, and market position.

Instagram had all three.
They focused on growth first, money later—and it worked. Their network effect became so strong that Facebook had no choice but to acquire them at any price.

This principle doesn’t just apply to billion-dollar startups—it applies to you too.

If you're building something—whether it’s a business, a brand, or a skillset—focus on creating value and attention first.

Money follows where people go.

Instead of chasing instant revenue, ask yourself:
How can I build something people can’t ignore?
How can I create leverage so opportunities come to me?

Instagram wasn’t the biggest, richest, or most powerful startup at the time.

But they understood something most people overlook:

In today’s world, the real currency isn’t money —it’s attention.

If you can capture attention, you can create demand.

And if you can create demand, you can build unstoppable leverage.

The question is, what are you working on today that will make people stop and take notice?
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SEVEN THINGS YOU SHOULD GIVE YOUR SPOUSE DAILY

When it comes to giving, many married people are generous to everybody except their spouses. There are seven things you should give your spouse daily – not weekly, monthly or annually. They are things you must give your spouse daily. Let’s see them:

1. Give Your Spouse A TOUCH

One of the ways to bond with your spouse is to give him or her a touch. We have encouragement touch, affirmation touch, healing touch, apology touch, and we have sexual touch. Study your partner and know what touch to give at a particular time.

If you want God to touch your marriage, touch your spouse. Don’t let today go without you touching your spouse!

2. Give Your Spouse SPACE

As much as you need to bond with your spouse and be together for daily intimacy, communication, affection, planning, etc., you still need to give your spouse his or her space. There is time for couples’ prayers, time for couples’ bonding. Also there is time for personal prayer, personal meditation, personal rest, personal planning, etc.

Don’t choke your spouse. Don’t be over-possessive and over-demanding to your spouse. Stop unnecessary policing and monitoring. Give your spouse the space they need when they need it.

3. Give Your Spouse A CALL/CHAT

Some people can chat with all the contacts on their phone and all the people on their Face book friends list but they will never chat with or call their spouse all through the day.

Chatting with or calling your spouse in a day at work is a way of saying, “Dear, despite my busy schedule, I have you in mind. I am thinking about you.”

Make sure you send a chat, or give a call, to your spouse today. Make it a habit; it is beneficial to both of you. Nobody can be tired of receiving a caring chat or a call from someone they love.

4. Give Your Spouse A HUG

Hugging is fast disappearing in many marriages today. Research has proved that hugging is one of the emotional needs of every human being. It is the scarcity of spousal hugs that makes many men indiscriminately hug ladies who are not their wives. Many women too crave for hugs and unwittingly allow every Tom and Jerry to hug them because their husbands are not giving them hugs.

Hugs can be given in the morning, or at night, but let no day pass without you hugging your spouse. It is one valuable thing you must give your spouse. It could be a welcoming hug, a goodbye hug, an appreciating hug, or an affirmative hug.

Hugging is a non-verbal means of communication. Use it well. Don’t let your husband or wife crave for a hug from strangers when you are still alive. Hug passionately! Hug romantically.

5. Give Your Spouse A SMILE

God smiles on a home when couples smile at each other. A smile is a way of telling your spouse, “You delight me,” “Your presence amuses me,” “I am pleased with you.”

Frowning at your spouse is not a thing that should last a whole day. One of the ways to know your marriage is SMELLING is when you are not SMILING with each other. Smile. It is one of the best gifts you can give your spouse in a day.

I don’t like people who are not generous with their smiles. It is free. You don’t need to pay to smile. Just relax your muscles and smile. Couples, please smile! Keep smiling! To prevent your marriage from smelling, keep smiling with your spouse!!!

6. Give Your Spouse PEACE OF MIND

The home is the endpoint of everything we do daily. If you are a doctor, you can’t sleep in the hospital all the days of your life. You will need to come home. If you are an engineer, you can’t sleep in the site everyday. If you are a lawyer, you can’t sleep in the court everyday. Even as a pastor, you can’t be in the church 24/7. We all must go back home.

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Be the head of your wife sir, not the headache of your wife. Madam, be a wife to your husband, not a ‘knife’. Blessed are the couples who give each other peace of mind daily!

7. Give Your Spouse A PRAYER

No matter how wealthy or highly connected you are, there are things you cannot do for your spouse. You are limited. One of the ways to show love to your spouse is to commit him/her to the unlimited God. Say a word of prayer for your spouse daily.

Every other thing may fail and may not work, but no force can withstand the power of prayer. You can’t heal your spouse, only God can heal him/her. You can’t lengthen the days of your spouse. Only God can do that. You can’t save your spouse. You can’t take away addiction and evil habits from your spouse , only God can do that for him/her..

Cristiano Ronaldo's private jet at Manchester airport.

Cristino Ronaldo's private jet was spotted at Manchester Aiport last week
Cristiano Ronaldo's private jet at Manchester Airport.
The jet won't be leaving the airport anytime soon as it's awaiting repairs
Cristiano Ronaldo's grounded private jet at Manchester Airport with a cracked window.
Engineers spotted a cracked window on the £61million jet and are awaiting a replacement part
The reason for its arrival in Manchester is currently unknown and still being debated by footie fans.

But the luxury aircraft won't be going anywhere anytime soon as it was spotted with a crack in one of its windows.


Engineers discovered the matte black jet, which has an image of Ronaldo's siu celebration on it and his CR7 logo, had the issue while giving it a once over.

It won't be permitted to leave the airport until the crack has been repaired.

It's understood engineers are currently waiting for the replacement part to be shipped.


The stunning airliner was spotted next to the aircraft Manchester City took to Madrid for the second leg of their Champions League last-16 qualifier against Real Madrid on Wednesday.


Ronaldo, 40, reportedly splashed the cash on his luxury airliner last year.

It's not known if Ronaldo was on board the plane when it arrived in Manchester, where he spent several trophy-laden years across two stints with Manchester United.


He was in action for Al-Nassr the evening before in their 3-2 win over Al-Alhi.

Ronaldo first joined United in 2003, staying until 2009 when he made a blockbuster switch to Real Madrid.


Cristiano Ronaldo wins Best Middle East Player 2024 gong at Globe Soccer Awards
He made an emotional return to Old Trafford for a short stint between 2021 and 2022, which ended after his explosive interview with Sun columnist Piers Morgan.

The footie icon and his Al-Nassr team-mates will return to the pitch on Friday, welcoming Al-Ettifaq to the Prince Faisal Bin Fahd Stadium.

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