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dmor on Feb 17, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Connections don't build things

You miss the point. It isn't what you know, it's what you do with what you know.

Lot's of people knew how to build Facebook. Mark Zuckerberg built Facebook.

Trying to divide knowledge and hustle is a waste of time, you need both to create value.

orangethirty on Feb 17, 2013 [–]

I disagree with the point that lots of people knew how to build Facebook. They knew how to build social networks (as defined back then). No one knew how to build it. Not even Zuckerberg. He knew he was onto something when it started growing. Note that had he not been connected, Facebook would not exist as we know.

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