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Mark Zuckerberg

08/17/16

@ Y Combinator

When things are working well, I use data and qualitative feedback from the community to identify problems to solve, and then I rely on intuition to develop solutions and test those hypotheses.

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Mark Zuckerberg : How to Build the Future

@ Y Combinator

Mark Zuckerberg : How to Build the Future

08/17/16

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