My number one piece of advice is: you should learn how to program. Mark Zuckerberg More Quotes by Mark Zuckerberg More Quotes From Mark Zuckerberg I think as a company, if you can get two things right--having a clear direction on what you are trying to do and bringing in great people who can execute on the stuff--then you can do pretty well. Mark Zuckerberg clear-directiontwothinking This is our commitment to users and the people who use our service, is that Facebook's a free service. It's free now. It will always be free. We make money through having advertisements and things like that. Mark Zuckerberg usepeoplecommitment Having two identities for yourself is an example of a lack of integrity. Mark Zuckerberg identityintegritytwo The companies that work are the ones that people really care about and have a vision for the world so do something you like. Mark Zuckerberg visionpeopleworld There's a difference between being obsessed and being motivated. Mark Zuckerberg obsesseddesigndifferences We also have a dog. His name's Beast. He's a sheepdog. He's super cute. I love him. Mark Zuckerberg i-love-himdogcute Move fast and break things. Unless you are breaking stuff, you are not moving fast enough. Mark Zuckerberg entrepreneurinspirationalmoving When I'm introspective about the last few years I think the biggest mistake that we made, as a company, is betting too much on HTML5 as opposed to native... because it just wasn't there. And it's not that HTML5 is bad. I'm actually, on long-term, really excited about it. One of the things that's interesting is we actually have more people on a daily basis using mobile Web Facebook than we have using our iOS or Android apps combined. So mobile Web is a big thing for us. Mark Zuckerberg mistakeyearsthinking We used to write this down by saying, 'move fast and break things.' And the idea was, unless you are breaking some stuff you are not moving fast enough. I think there's probably something in that for other entrepreneurs to learn which is that making mistakes is okay. At the end of the day, the goal of building something is to build something, not to not make mistakes. Mark Zuckerberg mistakewritingmoving I would only hire someone to work directly for me if I was willing to work for that person. Mark Zuckerberg willingpersonsifs You grow more when you get more people's perspective. Mark Zuckerberg perspectivegrowspeople Helping a billion people connect is amazing, humbling and by far the thing I am most proud of in my life. Mark Zuckerberg proudhelpingpeople I’m here to build something for the long-term. Anything else is a distraction. Mark Zuckerberg distractionentrepreneurlong Right now, with social networks and other tools on the Internet, all of these 500 million people have a way to say what they're thinking and have their voice be heard. Mark Zuckerberg voicepeoplethinking All of my friends who have younger siblings who are going to college or high school - my number one piece of advice is: You should learn how to program. Mark Zuckerberg siblingcollegeschool Young people are just smarter. Mark Zuckerberg smarteryoungpeople The world is changing so quickly, with mobile stuff and different platforms emerging, that I think it's more likely that the biggest competitor for Facebook is someone that we haven't heard of. What that means for us is that we should just really stay focused on what we're doing. Mark Zuckerberg differentmeanthinking Companies face a handful of different risks, whether it is competitors or different market environments. But I think that people focus way too much on competitors and not enough on their own execution. Mark Zuckerberg focuspeoplethinking Building a mission and building a business go hand-in-hand. It is true that the primary thing that makes me excited about what we're doing is the mission, but I also think, from the very beginning, we've had this healthy understanding which is that we need to do both. Mark Zuckerberg understandinghandsthinking I think there's confusion around what the point of social networks is. A lot of different companies characterized as social networks have different goals - some serve the function of business networking, some are media portals. What we're trying to do is just make it really efficient for people to communicate, get information and share information. Mark Zuckerberg mediapeoplethinking
