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It wasn't a comment on HN, but during an interview (video) he did with MZ on YC. I don't have a link, but that may help. Zuckerburg was telling a story of how
by dharmon 9y ago
It wasn't a comment on HN, but during an interview (video) he did with MZ on YC. I don't have a link, but that may help.
Zuckerburg was telling a story of how he built a "social" website to share notes for an art history class, except he didn't have any notes himself but got everyone to share theirs so he could pass his exam. This supposedly was an early experience that started him thinking about social websites and sharing online.
PG then commented how his internal alarm was going off saying "fund him. Fund him", and how even though it was too late he can't shut off his brains instinct to sniff out good founders.
- lazyjones 9y ago> Zuckerburg was telling a story[...]PG then commented how his internal alarm was going off saying "fund him. Is this a story about PG's amazing "founder detector" or perhaps one about the learnable skill of telling a good story to potential investors?
- srtjstjsj 9y agoIt's a story of how PG loves people who are "naughty" and know how to combine technical chops with an "screw over everyone around me to get ahead" attitude. AirBnB is the quintessential YC story.
- TimJRobinson 9y agoVideo is https://youtu.be/MGsalg2f9js https://youtu.be/MGsalg2f9js at 7:40