Facebook — The Youngest Billionaire
Facebook — The Youngest Billionaire
Why Mark Zuckerberg Dropped Out of Harvard
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Mark Zuckerberg was born on 14 May 1984, in White Plains, New York.
He graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy before enrolling at Harvard to study psychology and computer science at 18.
He was already a good programmer.
Within a year, he creates Coursematch, which allowed users to make class selection decisions based on the choices of other students.
He also starts Facemash, a precursor to Facebook, which was shut down by Harvard administration.
In 2004, at 20, he launches thefacebook.com and drops out of Harvard.
Within three years he was the youngest billionaire, ever.
Currently, Mark Zuckerberg is one of the richest people on the planet.
One Lesson from Mark Zuckerberg
Move Fast and Break Things
This reminds me of the saying “fail Ferrari fast and Fiat cheap”.
Moving fast and breaking things means you get to learn the basics really quick. And if you can execute the basics really well, you can then experiment with other things too.
You don’t want to built a fully fledged app or business before you show it to the public.
You want to build a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) and test, test, test.
The sooner you fail, the sooner you get to fix the things you break along the way.
Until Next Friday,
The Chronicler.
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