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𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗭𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗧𝗿𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗠𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗕𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗕𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗠𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 When Mark Zuckerberg was 21, he shared a piece of advice that most people ignore: “𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐥, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐲.” Sounds strange, right? But if you look at the biggest companies, that’s exactly how they started: 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐠𝐥𝐞 was just a side project by two students. 𝐞𝐁𝐚𝐲 was built to sell Pez dispensers. 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 started as a fun way for Harvard students to check out each other’s profiles. Zuckerberg didn’t plan to create a social media empire. He just thought, “𝐈𝐭’𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐢𝐟 𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞’𝐬 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨.” No big dreams. No investors. No CEO mindset. Just a small, useful idea—built for a few people. Even startup expert Paul Graham says: “𝐓𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐛𝐢𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬, 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬.” Microsoft started with a basic coding tool. Facebook started as a campus experiment. The lesson? 𝐃𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲. Focus on building something interesting—something you’d use. 𝗧𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱: Solve a small problem. Build a simple version. Share it with people who’d love it. If it’s cool, people will come. If it’s useful, it will grow. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐂𝐄𝐎. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫. Start small. Start fun. Start cool. That’s how real startups begin.
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