Clearly you have never had venture investors invest in your company or have dealt with a board of directors. I guarantee FB’s VC’s would love to have an Eric Schmidt-type running FB and they’re probably already looking. No CEO, not even MZ, can “do what ever he wants” for very long. The measuring stick is results, results equal revenue and results are all that counts. Beacon certainly didn’t perform and FB may have 60MM users but I don’t see them being converted to revenue.

To put a new spin on an old phrase -

You can’t trust anyone under Forty…

You have to give him credit for creating a company who now has over 60 million users. Who knows what it’s really worth and who knows how long it will last, but at this point the kid is smart in how he created and marketed facebook. Is he smart enough to make it last? Who knows. Some people are smart at the start but get too arrogant too fast. He might be getting too arrogant to fast, but it wouldn’t be the first time it’s happened to somebody.

What I do find funny are people who make excuses for him that he’s only a 24 year old kid. Yet half the same people condemn 20 something year old sports stars and actors/muscians all the time. I guess one 24 year old isn’t the same as another 24 year old. If his excuse is that he’s only 24, then the same standard should be held for other 24 year olds that people condmen when they lose a game or come out with a bad album or movie or come off as ‘fake’ in some interview. You can’t condemn others at the same age for saying something stupid or not saying anything and then say “Oh he’s only 24″ when it comes to MZ.

“People signed up for Facebook thinking that it was a way to just stay in touch with their friends. And now some of them feel that there’s some snooping going on,” Stahl says. ‘Is there any concern you’re turning Facebook into something much more commercial?’

‘I actually think that this makes it less commercial. I mean, what would you rather see? A banner ad from Bloomingdale’s or that one of your friends bought a scarf?’ Zuckerberg asks.”

If you had put that quote in context, we’d understand why he said what he said. Instead, you took the shady pseudo-journalistic route to sensationalize stories.

Lame.

@ Naysayer #85- You are a dumbass. VC’s would camp on Zuckerbergs lawn so they could invest. He can do whatever the fuck he wants.

I kinda went on and on and on and on on and on….
http://weareindia.blogspot.com.....s-guy.html

Perhaps the context of the statement could have been included?

All in all that 60 minutes piece was a huge win for F8. Why? Because most people who saw that probably had no idea what F8 was before the interview, and now they have a bunch of grandmas who will now go sign up on F8 to find out where their grandkids are, and who is buying what kind of scarves. I haven’t watched 60 minutes in probably 5 years, but I watched that piece. Add in the comments from the analyst that F8 may be a more efficient way to search when planning a trip, and it was clearly a win for the F8 camp.

Keep in mind that Z-berg is not a billionaire just yet, because he’s not liquid. That should have been his response to the question about Page/Brin - “No, those guys are liquid and I’m not. ” Or he could have just said “We will bury Google” ala Krushchev - boy that would have been sweet.

For me, I thought the Google question was the most awkward moment. I couldn’t believe that Mark didn’t discount the statement whether he believes that is the case or not. He could learn somethings from presidential candidacy campaigns and the power of appearing “humble”. That response clearly showed his age and lack of business experience. Further, there is no way that I could swallow that MZ has surpassed Larry and Sergey. The average Joe may swallow that but anyone that works in technology or follows the advancements of the web as a medium should easily be able to distinguish the huge gap between the two parties. I also think its highly unlikely that Facebook will become the first place people search as was stated in the interview by Stahl. And there is another major difference between Google and Facebook, Google has executed on a successful methodology for generating revenue (Adwords, AdSense, diversified investments, etc.).

Regarding Beacon, I believe his answers were less tumultuous only because they seemed very prepared (by attorneys no less, i’m sure).

I use Facebook, but as a business person and a developer, there still remains to be seen something significant in terms of impressing me with the site/network. For now, it seems to be an overly inflated price tag for a site with potential.

What I do find funny are people who make excuses for him that he’s only a 24 year old kid. Yet half the same people condemn 20 something year old sports stars and actors/muscians all the time. I guess one 24 year old isn’t the same as another 24 year old. If his excuse is that he’s only 24, then the same standard should be held for other 24 year olds that people condmen when they lose a game or come out with a bad album or movie or come off as ‘fake’ in some interview. You can’t condemn others at the same age for saying something stupid or not saying anything and then say “Oh he’s only 24″ when it comes to MZ.

It was a lame interview, plain and simple. He came off as arrogant and nothing more than a suit, and they came off as asking a few harder questions, but nothing too difficult.

http://facereviews.com/2008/01.....tes-video/

I can only imagine the pressue that Mark Z is under right now, especially as the company continues to grow…from both an employee and user base. I don’t know FB’s hiring plans for 2008, but can only hope and assume that their planning on bringing in more experience leaders who can help to take the company to the next level. He’s definitely coming off as a bit arrogant (although the humility card kind of worked), but man, the whole thing just cries for a seasoned leader to come in. Google seemed to recognize this issue when they brought Eric in as CEO.

John Lusk
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