Leadership and Business Wisdom - The Entrepreneurial Mindset.

Byline: S. Kamal Hayder Kazmi

Mark Zuckerberg was born on May 14, 1984 in White Plains, New York and grew up near Dobbs Ferry. He was born into a well-educated family and has developed an interest in computer programming at an early age. At the age of 12, Zuckerberg has created a messaging program called Zucknet that he implements as an internal communication system for his father's dental practice. Because of his first signs of success, his parents made him a computer tutor while still in high school and enrolled in a New Hampshire high school. After graduating from high school, Zuckerberg enrolled at Harvard University.

While many intelligent people attend Harvard University, Mark Zuckerberg has quickly become a computer programmer on campus. In its second year, it had already built two programs: CourseMatch and FaceMash. Both programs became popular, but the university closed the latter program after it was deemed inappropriate.

Zuckerberg worked with friends on campus to create a social networking site where Harvard students could network. The site officially registered the name "Facebook" in June 2004 and Zuckerberg retired from his room. After its years of existence, Zuckerberg left the university to call Facebook full-time, and by the end of 2004, the site reached 10 million euros.

This boom has attracted the attention of many venture capitalists in the development of users and Zuckerberg moved to Silicon Valley in 2005. The first capital of VC Vancouver Capital (VC) of Facebook the counters of the counter...

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