Mark Zuckerberg

I think if you just do the latter, then I think you just don't have enough conviction to see through hard things. And if you just do the former, then you probably don't get to product market fit or optimize what you do because you're not focused enough on your customers. So I think both probably matter, yeah.

I think if you just do the latter, then I think you just don't have enough conviction to see through hard things. And if you just do the former, then you probably don't get to product market fit or optimize what you do because you're not focused enough on your customers. So I think both probably matter, yeah.

I mean, I think that there's... There's certainly a lot of things that we've invented or created for the first time. I mean, in 2006, when we built the first version of News Feed, before that, social networks were basically profiles. And then we were like, hey, people actually kind of want to get the updates, and let's show them that. And if we rank them, then we can.

I mean, I think that there's... There's certainly a lot of things that we've invented or created for the first time. I mean, in 2006, when we built the first version of News Feed, before that, social networks were basically profiles. And then we were like, hey, people actually kind of want to get the updates, and let's show them that. And if we rank them, then we can.

There's so many updates that this can help people parse through that quickly. And today, it's hard to imagine any social product without a feed. So I think that, obviously, some of these things are sort of seminal. I don't want to call it an invention, but like patterns that we basically established first.

There's so many updates that this can help people parse through that quickly. And today, it's hard to imagine any social product without a feed. So I think that, obviously, some of these things are sort of seminal. I don't want to call it an invention, but like patterns that we basically established first.

And then some of them are ones that other people did where we take pride in learning from what is working in the world. You know, we're not embarrassed about learning from things that other people like discovered that were good first. And then we build a better version of it. And I mean, I think that that's, You know, no one company is going to invent everything, right?

And then some of them are ones that other people did where we take pride in learning from what is working in the world. You know, we're not embarrassed about learning from things that other people like discovered that were good first. And then we build a better version of it. And I mean, I think that that's, You know, no one company is going to invent everything, right?

I think if you don't invent anything, then it's hard to kind of be a successful company. But I do think that there's a mix of this. There are more smart people outside of your company than inside your company.

I think if you don't invent anything, then it's hard to kind of be a successful company. But I do think that there's a mix of this. There are more smart people outside of your company than inside your company.

If you're not learning from what's going on in the market, then you're missing a lot of opportunities to get valuable signal from people in the community and customers about what they want you to be doing.

If you're not learning from what's going on in the market, then you're missing a lot of opportunities to get valuable signal from people in the community and customers about what they want you to be doing.

I think almost all of the major technology companies at this point are primarily using open source stacks. So yeah, I mean, we wouldn't have been able to get built without open source. I think probably that's true for any new company that's been created since like, I don't know, the late 1990s or something. For us, open source has been important and valuable.

I think almost all of the major technology companies at this point are primarily using open source stacks. So yeah, I mean, we wouldn't have been able to get built without open source. I think probably that's true for any new company that's been created since like, I don't know, the late 1990s or something. For us, open source has been important and valuable.

Yeah, yeah. No, and it's great. It makes it super easy to develop stuff quickly and iterate quickly. But we've also had an interesting relationship with this because sequentially as a company, we came after Google. So Google was the first of the great companies that built this distributed computing infrastructure. So they came first.

Yeah, yeah. No, and it's great. It makes it super easy to develop stuff quickly and iterate quickly. But we've also had an interesting relationship with this because sequentially as a company, we came after Google. So Google was the first of the great companies that built this distributed computing infrastructure. So they came first.

They were like, all right, let's keep this proprietary because it's a big advantage for us. And then we're like, all right, we need that too. But we built it, and then we're like, OK, not an advantage for us, because Google already has that. So we might as well just make it open. And by making it open, then you basically get this whole community of people building around it.

They were like, all right, let's keep this proprietary because it's a big advantage for us. And then we're like, all right, we need that too. But we built it, and then we're like, OK, not an advantage for us, because Google already has that. So we might as well just make it open. And by making it open, then you basically get this whole community of people building around it.

So it wasn't going to help us compete with Google for, any of the stuff that we were doing to have that technology. But what we were able to do with things like Open Compute were get it to become the industry standard. So now you have all these other cloud service platforms that basically use Open Compute.

So it wasn't going to help us compete with Google for, any of the stuff that we were doing to have that technology. But what we were able to do with things like Open Compute were get it to become the industry standard. So now you have all these other cloud service platforms that basically use Open Compute.