My number one piece of advice is: you should learn how to program.
Mark ZuckerbergRead
My goal was never to just create a company. A lot of people misinterpret that, as if I don't care about revenue or profit or any of those things. But what not being just a company means to me is not being just that - building something that actually makes a really big change in the world.
Interpretation
Zuckerberg emphasizes the importance of creating impactful solutions rather than merely focusing on profit.
In this quote, Mark Zuckerberg expresses his intention behind building a company. He clarifies that his aim transcends financial success; instead, he seeks to create a transformative entity that contributes positively to society and instigates significant change in the world.
In practice
During a keynote speech to inspire young 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.
Looking at the past is like lolling in a rocking chair. It is so relaxing and you can rock back and forth on the porch, and never go forward.
And don't be frightened: you can always change your mind. I know: I've had four careers and three husbands.
When we confront facts and fears, we achieve real power and unleash our capacity for change.
But say some, would you expose woman to the contact of rough, rude, drinking, swearing, fighting men at the ballot box? What a humiliating confession lies in this plea for keeping woman in the background!
For the first time in the history of our country the majority of our people believe that the next five years will be worse than the past five years.
It's very, very difficult to reinvent yourself when you're 40 or 50, whether you are a taxi driver who now needs to become a web designer, or anything else. It just becomes more difficult and more scary.
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