Mark Zuckerberg on building a startup : YC Startup Library | Y Combinator

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by Mark Zuckerberg

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Chapters

0:12 The early days of Facebook?

2:17 Did you think Facebook was going to be a company when you started?

3:16 Something that made Facebook different from other projects that you built?

4:26 Advice that you give to other people that want to build products?

5:37 Hardest parts in the history of Facebook?

9:25 Have you thought about selling the company?

9:37 How to decide what to build?

11:54 What about bigger bets like making a large acquisition or rollout news feed?

14:35 Do you recommend companies put in place a growth group?

15:52 Impact of growth group on the growth rate of Facebook?

16:32 How have you hired your team and what do you look for?

17:24 If you don’t have the experience how do you assess someone’s raw talent?

19:05 What are you most excited about over the next 20 years?

22:26 I’m 19 today, what should I do to impact the world?

23:06 How far into Facebook did it become a company?

24:20 What’s the best piece of advice Peter gave you?

Mark is a cofounder of Facebook.

Facebook is one of the most influential companies in the history of the world. Over 1.1 billion people use it every day.

Access podcast and transcript versions of this interview here: http://www.ycombinator.com/future/mark/