Friday, 27 April 2012
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein Motivational Quotes
- A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be.
- Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish.
- All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the individual.
- Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.
- Your imagination is your preview to life's coming attractions.
- Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction.
- True religion is real living; living with all one's soul, with all one's goodness, all one's honesty.
- The world we have created is a product of our thinking.
It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.
Mark Zuckerberg
“From spending several
sleepless nights coding away at Harvard dorm room to creating the world’s
biggest internet success stories, it has been an incredible journey for this
27-year-old Zuckerberg; and his 8-year-old vision, Facebook.”
An article published in The New Yorker on 20
September, 2010 described Mark Zuckerberg’s personality as “distant and
disorienting, a strange mixture of shy and cocky.” Today, almost a year and a
half later, nothing much has changed about his personality and he still
receives compliments such as “a robot” and “Overly Programmed”; however, what
has changed is the way he is being perceived. Zuckerberg continues to be one of
the most talked about entrepreneurs in the business world.
He is the world’s youngest billionaire whose 28%
Facebook shares are estimated to be worth $28 billion, making Facebook’s market
worth about $100 billion.
Zuckerberg was born on May 14, 1984 in White Plains
of New York to a dentist father, Edward Zuckerberg and a psychiatrist mother,
Karen. He was raised in Dobbs Ferry of New York along with his three sisters
Randi, Donna and Arielle. He completed his studies from Ardsley High School and
Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire. From the early childhood,
Zuckerberg was inclined to science and classical studies and won several prizes
in math, astronomy and physics. In spare time, he used to learn French, Hebrew,
Latin, and ancient Greek.
At the age 6, Zuckerberg was introduced to computer
by his father who taught him Atari BASIC Programming. Later, he was taught by a
software developer named David Newman who would call him a prodigy. Whilst
still at school, Zuckerberg took up a graduate course in computer application
at Mercy College and learn computer programming. One of the very first programs
he created was “ZuckNet”. The program linked his house to the dental office of
her father and they communicated by pinging each other.
During high school years, Zuckerberg built a music
player called the Synapse Media Player for Intelligent Media Group. The
software used artificial intelligence to comprehend the user’s listening
habits. His achievements at an early age got him job offers from Microsoft and
AOL but he chose to enroll at Harvard University in September 2002.
Success Story of Facebook
At Harvard, Zuckerberg teamed up with Eduardo
Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes and launched Facebook on February 4,
2004 from his dormitory room. Facebook was initially called a “Harvard thing”
but soon Zuckerberg changed his mind and decided to take it to other
universities. Initially, they took it to Stanford, Cornell, Penn, Brown,
Dartmouth, Columbia, New York University, and Yale university.
In the year 2004, on completion of studies,
Zuckerberg and his friends moved to Palo Alto, California and lived in a leased
house which they used s their initial office. The same year, Facebook was
funded by an American business magnate, Peter Andreas Thiel who advised them to
take it to common people.
In 2005, Zuckerberg launched the high-school
version of Facebook and on September 26, 2006, he made it available for
everybody of age 13 and above with an email address.
On October 24, 2007, Facebook sold its 1.6% shares
to Microsoft for $240 million, giving it a total value of around $15 billion.
In 2008, Zuckerberg met Sheryl Sandberg, a top
executive from Google, and convinced hir to quit Google and join Facebook as
chief operating officer.
On July 21, 2010, Zuckerberg announced that company
had reached the 500 million-user mark
As of December 2011, the company reported to have
845 million users worldwide.
As of January 2012, the company has been estimated
to be worth $100 billion.
Mark Zuckerberg Quotes
“All of my friends who have younger
siblings who are going to college or high school – my number one piece of
advice is: You should learn how to program.”
“I’m trying to make the world a more
open place.”
“I think a simple rule of business
is, if you do the things that are easier first, then you can actually make a
lot of progress.”
“When you give everyone a voice and
give people power, the system usually ends up in a really good place. So, what
we view our role as, is giving people that power.”
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