Wattpad, the proudly Canadian-based company grew from humble roots as a feature-phone app in 2006 to a global entertainment company and data-driven social storytelling platform that was acquired by Korean tech giant Naver last year for a cool $600 million USD. Join Allen Lau, CEO & Co-Founder of Wattpad and Sean Silcoff, Business Writer from the Globe and Mail for a candid conversation about Wattpad’s acquisition and growth journey, what it was like to join Naver, how Allen approach the acquisition (and what you can learn from it) and what’s next for Wattpad.
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