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Re: Zynga’s Mark Pincus: I got kicked out of some of the best companies in America

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Post by blader » Mon, Oct 26, 2009, 10:20 AM UTC

teej wrote: post #10

I have a huge amount of respect for Mark Pincus. He's really been through the trenches and has done a great job growing Zynga. Mark followed two points of pg's advice in "What Startups Are Really Like" that set him up for success. Here's what I've seen that have made Mark great. In 2007, it was myself and Shervin Pishevar who set out to directly compete against Mark in the gaming space on Facebook. We set our sights…

Couldn't agree more.

Re: Zynga’s Mark Pincus: I got kicked out of some of the best companies in America

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Post by icey » Mon, Oct 26, 2009, 2:10 PM UTC

icey wrote: post #2

I wish he had another 20 or 30 minutes to talk. When the "5 minute warning" was flashed, I think everyone was genuinely surprised that that much time had already gone. He had some fascination stories & information to share.

Hah. This morning I just realized that I said "fascination" instead of "fascinating". I should learn to not multi-task when commenting.

Re: Zynga’s Mark Pincus: I got kicked out of some of the best companies in America

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Post by pchristensen » Mon, Oct 26, 2009, 2:20 PM UTC

qbert wrote: post #8

I thought he said he had $80,000 in savings not just $8,000.

He did say $80K.

Re: Zynga’s Mark Pincus: I got kicked out of some of the best companies in America

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Post by ajju » Thu, Nov 05, 2009, 5:28 AM UTC

wavesplash wrote: post #9

ajju wrote: post #4

I think I need to see the video. The transcript seems to be quite a bit rambling and hard to consume.

He was a bit rambling. But he did it with style ;)

Now that I have seen the video and then reread the transcript: Yes, putting up with the slightly rambling nature of the talk was entirely worth it.