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. 

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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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