Zuckerberg: Deciding to start a company before choosing a problem is backwards
Mark Zuckerberg · Mark Zuckerberg : How to Build the Future · Y Combinator · Aug 16, 2016 · at 5:04
Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg critiques startup formation habits in Silicon Valley during an interview with Y Combinator.
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“You know, I always think that this is kind of a perverse thing about Silicon Valley in a way, which is that, you know, people decide often that they want to start a company before they even decide what they want to do. And that just feels really backwards to me.”
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