Who Said Move Fast and Break Things?

Hint: A rich geek who wears the same outfit every day.

Lucy King
Mindset Matters

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Photo by Glen Carrie on Unsplash

Mark Zuckerberg recently announced a new set of corporate values for Meta, the social giant formerly known as Facebook. One of the values introduced by Zuckerberg was “move fast” — an echo of the company’s first motto, “move fast and break things.”

Yes, it was Meta/Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg who coined the saying. The idea is that if you aren’t breaking things then you are delivering value too slowly — it encapsulates how entrepreneurs regard disruption: more is always better.

Kudos if you recognised the source!

Love it or hate it, Facebook is the number one social network in the world. Billions of users have freaked out about changes to the platform over the years.

Just when you get used to the news feed — bam! Everything changes.

I mean who likes change? Most people are content with the status quo. They don’t like change and when it is thrust upon them, it’s like the world is going to end.

Why does Facebook keep changing?!

Granted there is a lot of competition out there — Twitter, Snapchat, Pinterest, LinkedIn, WeChat and TikTok to name a few. It’s like an arms race; social media…

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