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When FB got me thinking!

Mark Zuckerberg came up with something so innovative and today it is part of our routine -   facebook . At 26, he became the youngest billionaire in the world. He started this social network when he was in college (2004) and when the company went public in 2012, its IPO was valued in billions . The movie based on his life, The Social Network tells about talent, talented people and more importantly, a country that celebrates talent! A boy from nowhere creates a company worth billions in 8 years and the country celebrates by making a movie on him. From what I have read about Mark – it was not about ‘money making’ but about being innovative and cool. I was just wondering the state of our nation – it has most of the people in this world and I believe this land has some REAL brains but I feel they are sleeping or too busy thinking whether to act or maybe our system just ensures that nothing major can happen. Most of India’s celebrated businessm...