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When it comes to presentation, Mark Zuckerberg is no Steve Jobs
- joshuahays 15y agoThat and every question is dodged like a professional politician.
- tomp 15y agoWait until he gets older...
- SeanLuke 15y agoSteve Jobs was awe-inspiring at 29. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0FtgZNOD44 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0FtgZNOD44 So Mark has only two years.
- jongos 15y agoHe's got his entire life. There's no pre-requisite to running a billion dollar company that says you have to be charismatic. Heck, just look at most billion dollar companies that aren't called Apple. Zuck should do what he's comfortable doing. If I were him I'd consider putting forth a different 'face' for my company simply because he can afford it, but I don't respect him any less for putting himself out there to represent his own thoughts and aspirations.
- michaelpinto 15y agoI've always seen Zuckerberg more in the mold of Bill Gates rather than Steve Jobs — and Bill's presentation skills still aren't amazing, although he's gotten better in interviews. I think part of what makes Jobs so good is that he's selling hardware, so there's a level of packaging required that you don't need in software. In any case I think Mark needs to focus on his strengths rather than copying Steve Jobs -- and that's a lesson for the rest of us as well.
- bane 15y agoI only partially disagree with you on this. Jobs has an amazing ability to make you want the hardware. I remember during a Next computer demo, Jobs actually caressed the case of the Next Cube he was about to show.
- qq66 15y agoWho cares? Really, why is it important to have Steve Jobs' presentation skills? Clearly Zuckerberg is not handicapped in the ability to build a large, powerful, and profitable company. Bill Gates is a world-class bridge player. I could also say that when it comes to bridge, Steve Jobs is no Bill Gates... it would be as pointless of a statement.
- r00fus 15y agoPresentations are an important skill of a CEO. Playing bridge is not. I do agree, however, that the constant comparison of folks like Zuckerberg (or Page) to Jobs is asinine... different leaders with different strengths and different companies with different goals.
- qq66 15y agoPresentations are not really an important skill of the CEO, except in idiosyncractic cases like Apple. Most CEOs will present once a year at the employee conference and once a quarter in the board meeting.
- innes 15y agoDoes anyone have a link to the video of the presentation by Zuckerberg?
- rbrown46 15y agohttp://apps.facebook.com/facebooklive/ http://apps.facebook.com/facebooklive/
- toddh 15y agoNo. but he is getting better.
- bane 15y agoHaving seen several CEOs (or myriad other folks high up in an organization) give presentations where they try their darndest to come off as Steve Jobs...I can't help but think that it's much better to not try to present like Jobs. He's got his own way of selling things, and anybody else who's presentation even smells like Jobs' always comes across to me as not genuine.
- bennesvig 15y agoHe's improved, but still has a long way to go. A lot of "Um's" and "Ah's" in his presentations. Watch a pro like Seth Godin and you'll likely see 0 in any talk he gives.
- edanm 15y ago"But too often he lost sight of the fact that most of his online audience members were from the non-geek general public." Really? I may be way off, but I doubt most non-geeks are even aware that Facebook has events like this where they introduce new features. Much less care. Much less actually watch them.