Who would have thought...

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{I'm still thinking!}
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.. that Facebook can be a $100 billion company? Certainly not Mark Zuckerberg! If you dont understand how or why some people think so, check this or this! (Incidentally, Trefis, on which the original valuation appeared, has been founded by MIT engineers, one of them being my batchmate at IIT...)

Saw the movie 'The Social Network'... it is a riot... I just loved the pace of the movie and how it maps out the inception and explosive growth of FB... It also portrays the sad truth that snobs (to put it mildly) do exist in the so-called top echelons of the society. But, anyways, this post is not about the movie... nor the snobs of the world...

When Mark set out to create FB, I am sure he was not looking at creating a $100B company... And I doubt he would have thought of connecting 500 users together.... But he did set out to create something different and something that can touch the dating scene across school campuses. It is a different question whether the world is a better place because of facebook, but it certainly is not the same without it!!

The movie reminded me about my life at one of the prestigious schools in India... Looking back at the folks that I have known and have grown up with, I see everyone (not just everyone from a particular school, but everyone within quotes) doing well in life... leading lives of luxury and comfort.. doing something in life. Some of us have been gifted with all the privileges of the best education that anyone can get and interacting with the best minds in the industry. But, still no one has created anything that has rocked the world...At least, not yet...

But who knows... may be one of us will...

I hope I still have the time....

PS: It is not about the $100B... And I dont think it is about going out of one's way and out of the society's way to do something