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Mark Zuckerberg: 8 quotes from the father of Facebook

Harvard graduate and one of the youngest multimillionaires, Mark Zuckerberg, who is also found in the list of the 100 most influential people in the world, in the ten years since he founded the social network Facebook in his dorm in 2004, he changed the Internet, or rather, he founded the second Internet , which today has over 800 million daily migrants. A man of big gestures but few words.

Mark Zuckerberg is considered a child prodigy. It is an antisocial genius, who already at the age of 30 can boast of a book (Mark Zuckerberg: Facebook Creator) and a film biography (Social Network: Social Network). And famous quotes, right? Therefore, it is no different with to the fathers of Facebook. We've selected some of his best quotes, but they don't just serve as examples inspiration entrepreneurs, as we can park them in all corners of life.

Despite his youth, Zuckerberg has already spent quite a lot of wise thoughts.
Despite his youth, Zuckerberg has already spent quite a lot of wise thoughts.
  • In a world where everything changes at the speed of light, it is the only strategy, which guarantees failure, the one without risks. (October 2011, interview at Y Combinator's start-up school in Palo Alto, California)
  • The question is not "What do we want to know about people but"What do people want to say about themselves?”. (November 2011, interview with Charlie Rose)
  • A dying squirrel in your garden is probably more important to you at that moment than the people dying in Africa. (speech on importance given to colleagues at Facebook HQ)
  • Move fast and break things. If they don't, you're not moving fast enough. (interview with Henry Blodget for Business Insider about innovation and management)

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  • People can be real smart and have knowledge, which are immediately useful, but if they do not believe in them, they will not put enough effort into the work. (October 2005, Stanford University, on Recruiting the Right People at Facebook)
  • People don't care what someone says about you in a movie - or even what you say. They care what have you built. (July 2010 interview with Diane Sawyer for ABC)
  • V Silicon Valley you get the feeling that you have to be there. But this is not the only real place. If I were starting now, I'd stay in Boston. Silicon Valley is pretty myopic, which bothers me. (October 2011, interview at Y Combinator's start-up school in Palo Alto, California)
  • The question I ask myself almost every day is "Are we doing the most important thing we can?" If I don't feel like I've tackled the most pressing issue I can handle, I feel like I've wasted my time. (from the biography Mark Zuckerberg: Facebook Creator from under the fingers of Marc Amidon Lusted)

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