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Oddly enough I know for a fact that I'd identify him as a very promising founder. After 8 years of trying to pick founders, part of my brain has turned into a
by pg 13y ago
Oddly enough I know for a fact that I'd identify him as a very promising founder. After 8 years of trying to pick founders, part of my brain has turned into a founder detector that I can no longer turn off, and the first few times I talked to Zuck, I found it hard to concentrate because I had to contend with a screeching Geiger counter in my head. Consciously, of course, I knew I couldn't fund him, but the Geiger counter isn't conscious.
- candybar 13y agoI think there's a great deal of truth here, but it seems unfair to use the tendencies of Zuckerberg, after he already became successful and has had years of positive reinforcement of his abilities, as an example of why he was destined to be successful. I'm sure a lot of people who were just as tenacious as a young Zuckerberg, have become less so over the years after having failed many times and discouraged. Some of them will rebound and others won't. Perhaps Zuckerberg had a great deal to overcome, but as a distant observer, it seems that he's learned the right lessons early in part because his effort was validated.