Founder of LinkedIn well as investors,
Reid Hoffman, is one of the people who see the transformation of Mark
Zuckerberg from Facebook is not popular to become the Internet giant it is
today. He saw Zuckerberg have a very amazing development as a young
entrepreneur.
Hoffman's statement was delivered in a
clip of Business Insider podcast titled "Success! How I Did It".
Hoffman himself is one of Facebook's initial investors.
"One of the joys of working with
Mark (Zuckerberg) from the early days to the present day is that he really
shows the spectacular development of knowledge and adaptation, which I have
seen in a young entrepreneur up to now is an experienced and highly capable
CEO," Hoffman .
Hoffman met Zuckerberg in 2004, when
he sought investment for "The Facebook" -the initial name of
Facebook-and did not have any investors yet. Hoffman claimed to be interested
in the service, but because it is taking care of its own growing social
network, he does not want to be a major investor. Therefore, Hoffman contacted
his friend and colleague Peter Thiel and arranged a meeting with Zuckerberg .
Thiel who is one of the founders of
PayPal is the first investor Facebook. The social network received Thiel's
first investment in June 2004. Later in 2005, the company removed the
"the" from its name after purchasing the facebook.com domain name
worth US $ 200,000.
Nostalgia Early Mark Zuckerberg
In a podcast episode , "Master of
Scale", Hoffman and Thiel pernha tell an old story of their encounter with
Zuckerberg. Both joked about the difficulty of communicating with Zuckerberg at
the time.
Zuckerberg's current and former figure
is quite different. "He is now very good at expressing his opinion, but
there was a moment when he looked at the table without speaking," Hoffman
said.
She and Thiel felt Zuckerberg's
attitude at that moment caught their attention. Moreover, at that time
Zuckeberg also "promoted" his file transfer service, Wirehog, just in
case if they do not like Facebook.
Over time, there have been many
changes in Zuckerberg, but according to Hoffman, his visionary intelligence
never changes.
He praised Zuckerberg's evolution of
his excellent adaptability, plus the " true north " leadership
passion . According to US businessman and academic explanation, Bill George, the
true north is a point of adjustment that helps itself to stay on track as a
leader.
"I learned a lot from what he
did," Hoffman said of the husband of Priscilla Chan.
A leader
Hoffman's assessment is in line with
former employees of Facebook, Antonio Garcia Martinez, who helped see the
development of Zuckerberg became a leader.
Martinez says most of the outsiders do
not understand that it develops with a lot of leadership skills, rather than
being very different than ever before.
Martinez rate Zuckerberg is actually a
very alpha male and dominant figure . Even a mocker like himself admits
Zuckerberg really believes his mission to connect the world. Facebook's
development essentially forced Zuckerberg to overcome some of his awkward trends.
Zuckerberg with his success developed
Facebook as a valuable company in the world, while making him one of the most
influential people in the world. Similarly, as quoted from Business Insider ,
Friday (17/11/2017).
Along the way as an entrepreneur, Zuckerberg
managed to evolve into a confident leader.
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