Lessons enriched from Facebook boss

Setting up Facebook social networking site as a college student, Mark Zuckerberg became one of the youngest billionaires in the world.

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At the age of 30, the age at which many people began to build their careers, Mark had a fortune of $ 29.9 billion (according to Forbes 2014) . And here are 10 enrichment lessons from Facebook boss.

Success never comes first

Ever since he was studying at Harvard University, Mark Zuckerberg established a website called FaceMash.com and encountered a lot of trouble with this website.

Mark 's purpose in creating FaceMash.com is to allow people to compare the image of girls at Harvard and evaluate who is hotter. This website immediately attracted the attention of many students, but the Harvard school administration quickly asked Mark to shut down on the grounds that 'it is not acceptable for FaceMash.com ' purpose . Soon after, Mark dropped out of school and started building Facebook with the original name of TheFacebook.com .

However, it was difficult to not let go of the young man, a few days after TheFacebook.com was born, Mark got into trouble when two Winklevoss twins and Divya Narendra accused him of stealing their ideas. The incident was noisy for a few years, after legal arrangements, Winklevoss twins received $ 65 million as a contribution to ideas for Facebook.

Never agree to the first offer

Since Facebook was born, many companies want to acquire this 'giant' . Facebook, when it was TheFacebook.com, started appearing on the Internet market in February 2004. Just four months later, founder Mark Zuckerberg (then 20 years old) received an offer to raise $ 10 million from an unknown investor in New York. However, Zuckerberg did not pay attention to the proposal.

In 2005, NBC ( US commercial radio and television network company ) offered to buy back Facebook. In 2006, Yahoo! For Mark the offer to acquire $ 1 billion but according to Zuckerberg, Facebook is much more valuable. The peak was in 2007, Microsoft - the world's No. 1 software company and Google all released a figure of $ 15 billion but still couldn't convince Mark. The question is, if Mark Zuckerberg ' ate ', accepting one of the suggestions above, does the world know of a successful Mark Zuckerberg today?

Persist in pursuing dreams

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Harvard University dorm, where Mark Zuckerberg pursues his dream

A few days after launching the first version of Facebook, Mark thought it was necessary to build such a service worldwide. At that time, almost no one believed that a "furnace" project from the university dormitory could turn into one of the largest websites on the Internet today with 1.23 billion monthly users, equivalent to 1/6 of the world population. Facebook users have created 201.6 billion friends and clicked on the total ' like ' button 3.4 trillion times.

Accept the competition

When Facebook was born, Mark and co-founders faced fierce competition. At that time, all competitors were in a higher position than Facebook. Myspace has 5 million users, Frienster is worth up to 13 million. However, instead of giving up, Mark Zuckerberg continues to work hard and try to improve his website. And the result of Facebook becoming the largest social network in the world today is the most obvious answer to Mark's efforts with his colleagues.

Take risks

'The biggest risk is not daring to face risks. Do not dare to risk when the world is constantly changing is a strategy that definitely leads to failure ' . That's one of Mark's famous quotes. According to him, many people have determined business in the market but still fear of failure. But for Mark, even if the company had a bad business year, even for five years, he wouldn't worry. He fully believed he could lead the company to create long-term value.

Money is not everything

Before Facebook started making money, Zuckerberg said ' We are not doing services to make money but simply, we make money to create better services '

Be nice to employees

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The Facebook boss always wants to give his employees the best things

Zuckerberg said that once your employees are not satisfied, they will not have the enthusiasm to work and will not work hard. Therefore, at Facebook headquarters, employees receive a lot of privileges. From free food, free computer accessories to a barber shop on the website . Zuck made Facebook a place to work without any employee wanting to leave.

Complete better than perfection

' Done is better than perfect ' (Mark is better than perfection ), it's a very famous sentence by Mark Zuckerberg. According to Mark, completing the task is crucial and once it is over, we can completely go back and improve it. Of course, you always need to complete the work as much as possible.

Should not be too dependent on external assessment

' Remember that you are not as good as people say and not as bad as people think .' Zuckerberg once said that if Facebook is not appreciated by the media, he will remind his team members that Facebook is not as bad as the media reports. For example, when Facebook first launched Newsfeed, everyone hated it. The backlash overturned many people using this social network. Instead of giving it up and getting back to what it was, Zuckerberg is still absolutely confident, and so far, the Newsfeed is one of Facebook's most important features.

And when Facebook was praised, he reminded the members that it's not as good as everyone is saying.

Be humble

Success and become a billionaire in the world at a very young age, but Mark always has a very humble and simple life. Z uckerberg did not spend too much money on personal interests, but instead, he focused on developing the company. Until recently, Mark still drove a relatively inexpensive Acura and bought a villa with a low-interest bank loan.