"How many employees even know their company’s values, let alone use them regularly to make decisions that are aligned with the company’s strategy?" Nick deWilde shares why he thinks "move fast and break things" was a useful cultural value for early Facebook employees.
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I remember considering working for a big company but I couldn't get over this one idea: So much red tape. Big companies move slow. You have to get approval. A dozen people & a legal team review all content before it goes out. "Move fast and break things" is the slogan that made Facebook what it is today. With my business, I can make a decision today and implement it tomorrow. Faster feedback loops. Happier clients. Better business.
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ANOTHER LEADER I study is Mark Zuckerberg – Co-Founder of Facebook. I've always respected his purpose and mission statement for creating Facebook and his profound, positive desire to serve people and the world. "Give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together... to offer individuals the capacity to share and make the world more open and connected." These are powerful and moving choices to support change through your work. Change is the choice to create something new, hoping people will like and buy into your services and products and that what you offer will have a good effect. There are risks. Your work will either be successful or not. Here are some of Mark Zuckerberg's words to help you better know him and his brand – his story. - "By giving people the power to share, we're making the world more transparent." - "The biggest risk is not taking any risk... In a world that is changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks." - "I made so many mistakes in running the company so far, basically any mistake you can think of I probably made. I think, if anything, the Facebook story is a great example of how if you're building a product that people love, you can make a lot of mistakes." - "Finding your purpose isn't enough. the challenge for our generation is creating a world where everyone has a sense of purpose." - if you think something is going to be terrible and it is going to fail, then you are going to look for the data points that prove you right and you will find them. That is what pessimists do. But if you think that something is possible, then you are going to try to find a way to make it work. And even when you make mistakes along the way and even when people doubt you, you are going to keep pushing until you find a way to make it happen." - "People don't care about what someone says about you in a movie - or even what you say, right? They care about what you build. And if you can make something that makes people's lives better, then that's something that's really good… building something that actually makes a really big change in the world." The question to ask with every leader and business is - How true have you been to your purpose? #peopleandculture #community #connection #facebook #choices #commit2change #goodwill #executivecoaching #Daily #1472
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#Facebook is 20 Yrs old. Congratulations to #MarkZuckerberg. I joined Facebook at 2009. We had a super dramatic business collaboration journey the last 6 - 7 years with Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Apple and Google +++ especially with Facebook..With many others in Big Tech, Big Industries, Big Business and Big Finance who supported or sponsored us. Congratulation to all of you. Time to pay our share, so we can move forward. #BigTech #BigBusiness #BigIndustry #BigFinance #Top100 #Top50
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Our business would have struggled 20 years ago... 🚨 Zuckerburg had literally just launched Facebook. He founded the company on the principle “Move fast and break things” - this idea of rapid expansion, relentless innovation and high-risk, high-reward strategy. An approach that was probably right given the times. However, such an approach flies in the face of careful planning and strategic decision-making. Things have now changed. Blitzscaling and ludicrously high valuations have been replaced by an imperative for sustainable, profitable, and efficient growth models 🌍 And MultiplyGTM exists to embody this new paradigm. We've built a platform to enable you to advance at a pace that’s daring but doable and showcases to stakeholders, with atomic precision, that you’re in it for the long haul.
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"Want to stay ahead of the curve like Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, and Mark Cuban? Reading over 40 books a year can help! Here are five must-reads to add to your list: 1. "How to Turn Down a Billion Dollars" by Billy Gallagher - Get an inside look at SnapChat's journey, from rejecting Facebook's acquisition offer to becoming a successful IPO. Learn how Evan Spiegel's bold move paid off and how Facebook adapted by copying popular features. 2. "The Best Team Wins" by Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton - Discover proven strategies for building cohesive and productive teams, even in today's distracting business world. Learn how to adapt and thrive despite challenges. 3. "The Square and the Tower" by Niall Ferguson - Explore how networks and hierarchies have shaped world history, from ancient Rome to Facebook. Get a bold prediction on which hierarchies will withstand the next wave of disruption. 4. "Quirky" by Melissa A Schilling - Uncover the science behind breakthrough innovation and how to nurture it in yourself and others. Learn how to converge traits that improve success and facilitate innovation. 5. "Meltdown" by Chris Clearfield - Understand why systems fail and how to prevent catastrophes in business and life. Learn how designs can make us safer and how to shield ourselves from complexity-driven failures. Reading these books will give you a competitive edge and insights into success, innovation, and navigating complex systems. So, start reading and stay ahead of the game!" #billgates #bookreading #markcuban #reading
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Playing by the numbers: How successful CEOs stay ahead. Numbers aren’t just digits. They’re the secret code to entrepreneurial success. Consider Elon Musk. No, not his Martian dreams or electric rides. His obsession with numbers. Cost per part for rockets? He knows it. The range of a Tesla on a full charge? On his fingertips. And it’s not just about knowing numbers. It’s about using them. Sheryl Sandberg, the COO of Facebook, leverages data extensively to drive user engagement and ad revenues. Her knack for numbers helped her scale Facebook to 2.8 billion monthly users. Here’s the takeaway – befriend numbers. They speak volumes about your business. They don’t sugarcoat. They don’t lie. They tell it like it is. So, gear up to play by the numbers, it’s only then that you can truly stay ahead. Ready for a deep dive into data? Share your best hacks and let's get a discussion going!
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How has your use of Facebook for your business changed over the years? It’s hard to overstate Facebook's impact on so many aspects of our lives, from pop culture and politics to how we communicate with each other and businesses. As the platform turns twenty, Insider Intelligence examines the challenges and celebrations of the milestone: Read more: https://loom.ly/lIlBXjY
Facebook turns 20: Feats and fumbles over the past two decades
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Mark Zuckerberg, who is the co-founder and the CEO of Facebook believes that a simple rule of business is to first carry out the easier task. By doing so, you can make significant progress. This is a valuable lesson that can be applied to any business or industry. Prioritizing easier tasks can help you build momentum and confidence, ultimately leading to greater success. What do you think of this approach? Share your thoughts in the comments below. #business #productivity #success
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I was employee #30 at Facebook. Then I got fired. Now I’m the CEO of a $100 million company. 10 non-obvious lessons I learned from working directly under Mark Zuckerberg: 10) Focus on ONE goal Mark’s goal was 1 billion users. Every idea we’d bring, he’d ask, “Does this help user growth or not?” If it wasn’t driving toward that goal, we didn’t do it. You don’t grow fast by doing many things, but by doing ONE thing extremely well. 9) Move fast At Facebook, it was normal to work 12+ hours a day. We were constantly pushing out new features and letting our users give feedback. As a startup, your biggest advantage against giant companies is speed. 8) Only hire A players Mark would only hire people he would be happy to work for. Even our customer support team was filled with Harvard Ph.D.s. The people from Facebook have gone on to found Asana, Quora, AppSumo, OpenAi, and more. A startup depends on great people much more than a big company. 7) Treat your employees well Facebook did a lot of things that are the norm now. • Free lunches • Free dry cleaning • Paid for our apartments • Paid for our parking tickets Treating your employees well improves work and boosts morale. It doesn’t have to be money – people just want to feel acknowledged. 6) Scratch your own itch I used Facebook to connect with friends and meet girls. Which meant if I saw something wrong, I could fix it myself. Most people start businesses in categories they don’t have an interest in. Build selfishly, share selflessly. 5) Pay attention to details I remember Mark sent me an email at 3 am telling me that I missed a period in one of our documents. A period (!!) Mark set a high standard of excellence for us. It was challenging, but also super rewarding. 4) Give ownership to the team Surprisingly, Mark wasn’t super involved in the day-to-day operations. He coded some of the time, but mostly was focused on the macro vision. He was great about giving people a goal, some boundaries, and coaching them from the sidelines. 3) “People” not “Users” Mark would yell at us if we said “users”. “They’re human beings”, he’d tell us. On the other side of that username or email address is a fellow human. 2) Hire fast, fire fast I got fired in 9 months. My boss was fired the day I started. My next boss was fired a month later. Mark was intense about keeping A players only. At AppSumo, we run paid trials with potential teammates before bringing them on full-time. 1) Have a big-ass vision We were all in our 20s when Mark was offered $1B to sell Facebook. When he said no, he sent a message to all of us and the world. His goal was to connect the ENTIRE world. That inspired the shit out of us. Follow Noah Kagan for more content like this! 💚
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