Foreword

Being an entrepreneur is hard. It’s a roller coaster every day. You need a strong stomach, eyes on the future, a soul that wants to change the world, and a heart that believes you can do it. You learn, you fail, you learn some more. The Internet landscape has changed a lot since I started my first company in 1999. Since Facebook launched, we’ve all been pushed to step up our game. There’s been a shift in the technology field to move faster than ever before, while creating value for your users.

“Move fast and break things.” “Done is better than perfect.” Before these clichéd mantras made their way into mainstream startup culture, they described a simple Facebook philosophy—to ship code fast and continuously iterate. Although we’ve always ...

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