Mark Pincus Quotes

• Not having a clear goal leads to death by a thousand compromises.

  Mark Pincus

  Inspirational, Clear Goals, Compromise

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• My approach is that you have to earn the respect of people you work with.

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  People, Approach

  "Are You a C.E.O. of Something?". Interview with Adam Bryant, www.nytimes.com. January 30, 2010.

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• Don't lose sight of user delight.

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  Sight, Delight, Loses

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• Get five or six of your smartest friends in a room and ask them to rate your idea.

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  Business, Ideas, Entrepreneur

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• You're not smarter than your competitor. Just copy what they do and do it until you get their numbers.

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  Numbers, Copies, Competitors

  "FarmVillains " by Peter Jamison, archives.sfweekly.com. September 08, 2010.

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• If you give people really big jobs to the point that they're scared, they have way more fun and they improve their game much faster.

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  Jobs, Fun, Games

  "Are You a C.E.O. of Something?". Interview with Adam Bryant, www.nytimes.com. January 30, 2010.

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• There are people who want the comfort and structure of a job where they're given tasks and told what to do. I think it's actually a minority of people. The majority of people don't want that, but I'd say that the companies I've built are full of people with something to prove.

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  Jobs, Thinking, People

  "Are You a C.E.O. of Something?". Interview with Adam Bryant, www.nytimes.com. January 30, 2010.

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• The first rule (of investing) for me is don't have rules. You find one amazing investment and that's all that matters. If you pick the right body of water, you might not need a boat.

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  Water, Needs, Investing

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• I think you're defined as a company by what you choose to do and what you choose not to do.

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  Thinking, Company, Defined

  "Zynga CEO Mark Pincus on the future of the company: part one". Interview with Keith Stuart, www.theguardian.com. August 1, 2012.

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• I think failing is the best way to keep you grounded, curious, and humble. Success is dangerous because often you don't understand why you succeeded. You almost always know why you've failed. You have a lot of time to think about it.

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  Humble, Thinking, Way

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• We did anything possible just to get revenues so that we could grow and be a real business.

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  Real, Revenue, Grows

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• I like to bet on people, especially those who have taken risks and failed in some way, because they have more real-world experience. And they’re humble.

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  Real, Taken, Humble

  "Are You a C.E.O. of Something?". Interview with Adam Bryant, www.nytimes.com. January 30, 2010.

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• The only way people will have the trust to give their all to their job is if they feel like their contribution is recognized and valued.

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  Jobs, People, Giving

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• I’ve grown a lot, and I’m learning every week.

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  Week

  "Zynga’s Mark Pincus Talks About His Management Style, Acquisitions and Mobile". All Things Digital interview, allthingsd.com. May 30, 2012.

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• From the beginning... I wanted to build a company that could sustain not for two years or four years or even ten years but be something that really matters over time the way Amazon and Google and others have.

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  Years, Two, Entrepreneur

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• Clearly as you move to being a public company, probably even more than growth, there is a huge value based on predictability.

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  Moving, Growth, Company

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• I seek out a lot of advice from other CEOs.

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  Advice, Ceo

  "Zynga’s Mark Pincus Talks About His Management Style, Acquisitions and Mobile". Interview with Kara Swisher, allthingsd.com. May 30, 2012.

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• You can manage 50 people through the strength of your personality and lack of sleep. You can touch them all in a week and make sure they're all pointed in the right direction.

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  Sleep, People, Personality

  "Are You a C.E.O. of Something?". Interview with Adam Bryant, www.nytimes.com. January 30, 2010.

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• I need to aspire to be a great CEO and not just a great product engineer.

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  Needs, Ceo, Engineers

  "Zynga’s Mark Pincus Talks About His Management Style, Acquisitions and Mobile". Live Blog, allthingsd.com. May 30, 2012.

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• I got involved early on in social media - I created one of the first social networks - and for me, social gaming was a natural evolution of that.

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  Media, Firsts, Evolution

  "Zynga CEO Mark Pincus on the future of the company: part one". Interview with Keith Stuart, www.theguardian.com. August 1, 2012.

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• I've been good at product entrepreneuring.

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  Products

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• I think we live in a unique time - the verbs that make up our online and mobile lives haven't been completely invented or imagined for us. That was kind of a life path I was on.

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  Thinking, Unique, Verbs

  "Zynga CEO Mark Pincus on the future of the company: part one" by Keith Stuart, www.theguardian.com. August 1, 2012.

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