![]() Mark Zuckerberg is a great entrepreneur because he has incredible focus where he can ignore any distraction (including sleep) to stay on task. Too much to lose by being lazy or relaxed about it. If you enter a business agreement with someone, no matter how early in the process, make sure the expectations are clear and legally binding. Everyone else will always be playing catch up to the company or individual who makes the first big land grab and gets popular for it. It’s a 10x, 100x, or 1,000x advantage to be the first adopter of something (in this case a social network exclusive to Harvard students). ![]() In Zuckerberg’s mind, he was doing less than shoplifting by borrowing pictures of Harvard classmates from the school’s databases. Many hackers and computer nerds think differently about justice and fairness than traditional organizations do. All it took is missing a meeting, living in a different hall, or living in a different dorm and the odds are they don’t join Mark with Facebook. The phrase “it pays to be in the right place at the right time” couldn’t be truer when it comes to the cofounders of Facebook. ![]() Eduardo Saverin was lucky to meet and befriend Mark Zuckerberg of all people he could have met at Harvard. Luck can play a significant role in how successful or rich people become. In this book summary of The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich, you’ll find my notes, valuable lessons, and important action steps. ![]()
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