My number one piece of advice is: you should learn how to program.
Mark ZuckerbergRead
The companies that work are the ones that people really care about and have a vision for the world so do something you like.
Interpretation
Successful companies thrive when they align with people's passions and have a clear vision for the future.
This quote emphasizes that the most successful companies are those that resonate with people's values and aspirations. When a business is built upon a foundation of genuine care and a clear vision for enhancing the world, it attracts the passion and dedication of both employees and customers, ultimately leading to sustained success and fulfillment for all involved.
In practice
This quote can be cited during a motivational speech for entrepreneurs.
My number one piece of advice is: you should learn how to program.
I literally coded Facebook in my dorm room and launched it from my dorm room. I rented a server for $85 a month, and I funded it by putting an ad on the side, and we've funded ever since by putting ads on the side.
People can be really smart or have skills that are directly applicable, but if they don't really believe in it, then they are not going to really work hard.
Simply put: we don't build services to make money; we make money to build better services.
The question isn't, 'What do we want to know about people?', It's, 'What do people want to tell about themselves?'
Building a mission and building a business go hand in hand. The primary thing that excites me is the mission. But we have always had a healthy understanding that we need to do both.
In the 20th century, the United States endured two world wars and other traumatic and expensive military conflicts; the Depression; a dozen or so recessions and financial panics; oil shocks; a flu epidemic; and the resignation of a disgraced president. Yet the Dow rose from 66 to 11,497.
I did envisage being this successful as a player, but not all the hysteria around it off the golf course.
The most important decision I've made in business? The choices of people I have around me. When I first started I brought everybody with me, my homies from the neighborhood, criminals. I just said, 'Come on everybody, we made it.' Then I had to realize we didn't make it. I made it.
The willingness to experiment with change may be the most essential ingredient to success at anything.
I have had a few turning points, the first day I entered a gymnastics school at age 6.
I'm not really keen on comebacks. Eurythmics was an incredible thing. When I look back on that work, I feel very satisfied with it.
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