Seeing as how this is the case, there seems to be no better time than to bring forth the quotable Mark Zuckerberg on the matter of selling out.
From a June 2004 Harvard Crimson article…
….Mark Zuckerberg on pricing Facebook (what the IPO will effectively do):
“I don’t really like putting a price-tag on the stuff I do. That’s just like not the point,” Zuckerberg says.
…Mark Zuckerberg on selling out:
“That’s just like not something we’re really interested in,” he says, referring to selling out thefacebook.com. “I mean, yeah, we can make a bunch of money—that’s not the goal…I mean, like, anyone from Harvard can get a job and make a bunch of money. Not everyone at Harvard can have a social network. I value that more as a resource more than like any money.”
…Mark Zuckerberg on whether or not he’ll ever sell Facebook:
“Maybe when I’m bored with it, then we’ll work something out,” he says. “But I don’t see that happening anytime in the near future.”
Zuckerberg pauses for a moment.
“And ‘near future’ being like anytime in the next seven or eight days.”
The entire Crimson piece can be found here.
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