So many businesses get worried about looking like they might make a mistake, they become afraid to take any risk. Companies are set up so that people judge each other on failure. I am not going to get fired if we have a bad year. Or a bad five years. I donโt have to worry about making things look good if theyโre not. I can actually set up the company to create value.
Mark ZuckerbergWhenever I go to a new city, in order to help get on the right time zone and actually get a chance to see that city, I like running.
Mark ZuckerbergAt Facebook, we're inspired by technologies that have revolutionized how people spread and consume information. We often talk about inventions like the printing press and the television - by simply making communication more efficient, they led to a complete transformation of many important parts of society. They gave more people a voice. They encouraged progress. They changed the way society was organized. They brought us closer together.
Mark ZuckerbergSo many businesses get worried about looking like they might make a mistake, they become afraid to take any risk. Companies are set up so that people judge each other on failure. I am not going to get fired if we have a bad year. Or a bad five years. I donโt have to worry about making things look good if theyโre not. I can actually set up the company to create value.
Mark ZuckerbergI don't have an alarm clock. If someone needs to wake me up, then I have my BlackBerry next to me.
Mark ZuckerbergCritics worry that if we spend time paying attention to that new kind of media or technology instead of talking to each other that that is somehow isolating. But humans are fundamentally social. So I think in reality, if a technology doesn't actually help us socially understand each other better, it isn't going to catch on and succeed.
Mark Zuckerberg