Here's what Vero's founder has to say about its overnight success — and blunders

Vero, the hot new social media app, is being praised for its similarity to Facebook and Twitter — and for keeping annoying ads off the platform. 

In less than 24 hours, it’s been downloaded more than 500,000 times, and by Monday, it was quickly approaching 1 million downloads. That influx of traffic has caused the app to crash frequently. 

But Vero CEO and founder Ayman Hariri was calm and collected during our phone conversation Tuesday. Despite receiving criticism from being the son of a corrupt politician and being involved in a company that stopped paying employees, Hariri answered every question thoroughly and with a sense of pause and understanding.  Read more…

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