Gurbaksh Chahal | Facebook
Dear America, Please Wake Up.
I'm going to go out of the limb here and probably going to write one of the more controversial blogs. But, as an entrepreneur, I feel Hollywood & Media are doing an unfortunate job for America.
The upcoming movie "Social Network" is based on Mark Zuckerberg's creation of Facebook with the idea that he stole ideas from his friends and thus became a billionaire. One thing, I've always preached in entrepreneurship is that an idea doesn't mean anything. It's all about the execution. 1% is the idea. 99% is the execution. Most of the people in the movie, left early on and aren't part of Facebook. However, all involved will either become millionaires and some even billionaires as a result of Zuckerberg's execution. They should be thanking him - not act like victims.
As you can remember, Facebook was first just a private ivy-league social network, later opening up to all EDUs, then opened up to all users, and now has created one of the most successful platforms where games and applications reside with 500 million users a month. All of this was stemmed from execution, not an idea.
I'm sure the movie will highlight a lot of the immaturities a young CEO makes. I started at 16 and probably made some mistakes because I just didn't know any better. But, every mistake in the real world builds your character.
More importantly there is an interesting dichotomy going on in America and the media. We're telling people, "Be stupid, Act trashy on TV, we'll give you fame and fortune" (a la Jersey Shore). Or "Dream. Work hard. Become Successful. And we'll figure out a way to make you a villain, because no one likes it when someone succeeds." This is unfortunate, because if America is going to remain the superpower we need more success not drama.
Speaking from an entrepreneur's, an uncle and someday a future parents perspective - I don't want my nephews/niece/and future kids to think there is some shortcut in life. True heroes are the ones that make something out of nothing. People that derive fame and fortune for being stupid aren't people I want them to ever watch or aspire to be. Hollywood and the media, you can do a better job at creating role models.
Kudos again Mark for your success. You've set the bar even higher for every entrepreneur. You deserve it.
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Graduation Commencement Speech
by Gurbaksh Chahal on Thursday, May 27, 2010 at 12:08pm
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=426639925986
Dear America, Please Wake Up.
I'm going to go out of the limb here and probably going to write one of the more controversial blogs. But, as an entrepreneur, I feel Hollywood & Media are doing an unfortunate job for America.
The upcoming movie "Social Network" is based on Mark Zuckerberg's creation of Facebook with the idea that he stole ideas from his friends and thus became a billionaire. One thing, I've always preached in entrepreneurship is that an idea doesn't mean anything. It's all about the execution. 1% is the idea. 99% is the execution. Most of the people in the movie, left early on and aren't part of Facebook. However, all involved will either become millionaires and some even billionaires as a result of Zuckerberg's execution. They should be thanking him - not act like victims.
As you can remember, Facebook was first just a private ivy-league social network, later opening up to all EDUs, then opened up to all users, and now has created one of the most successful platforms where games and applications reside with 500 million users a month. All of this was stemmed from execution, not an idea.
I'm sure the movie will highlight a lot of the immaturities a young CEO makes. I started at 16 and probably made some mistakes because I just didn't know any better. But, every mistake in the real world builds your character.
More importantly there is an interesting dichotomy going on in America and the media. We're telling people, "Be stupid, Act trashy on TV, we'll give you fame and fortune" (a la Jersey Shore). Or "Dream. Work hard. Become Successful. And we'll figure out a way to make you a villain, because no one likes it when someone succeeds." This is unfortunate, because if America is going to remain the superpower we need more success not drama.
Speaking from an entrepreneur's, an uncle and someday a future parents perspective - I don't want my nephews/niece/and future kids to think there is some shortcut in life. True heroes are the ones that make something out of nothing. People that derive fame and fortune for being stupid aren't people I want them to ever watch or aspire to be. Hollywood and the media, you can do a better job at creating role models.
Kudos again Mark for your success. You've set the bar even higher for every entrepreneur. You deserve it.
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Graduation Commencement Speech
by Gurbaksh Chahal on Thursday, May 27, 2010 at 12:08pm
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=426639925986
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