Mark Zuckerberg explained the difference between Facebook and Alphabet.
Mark Zuckerberg gave an interview to Fast Company and said that many companies cannot focus on one project: “There are different ways to make innovations. You can sow a lot of seeds without trying to track each one and find out what it will grow. Facebook works differently. We follow the set goals, delving into each task. ”
Facebook is one of the most visited sites in the world. Every seventh person on Earth today will go into this social network - the number of daily users this year has exceeded one billion. Facebook itself has not so many projects at the moment. This is the social network Facebook itself. Messenger is a messaging app, WhatsApp, Instagram, Oculus VR. In total, the company employs twelve thousand people in the third quarter of 2015 - during this period, one thousand new employees joined Facebook.
Facebook results in Q3 2015
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At the same time, Alphabet has Google with its YouTube, Android, Search and a host of other products, as well as Nest, venture capital company Google Ventures, Fiber and Google Lab X. There are sixty thousand people in Google alone, according to data for the third quarter of 2015 .
Alphabet Holding Structure
According to Zuckerberg, on the other hand, a small number of projects is a risk for the company. If something from the Alphabet portfolio is closed, there will be plenty of other products. Unsuccessful project Google Glass did not really affect the financial results across the company. For Facebook, every loss can be a big problem.
Mark Zuckerberg’s approach to business is justified. On February 1, 2012, Facebook entered the initial public offering , then the company was valued at one hundred and four billion dollars, and one share cost thirty-eight dollars. In September 2015, Facebook's capitalization exceeded two hundred billion dollars. In October, the value of one share of the company overcame the mark of one hundred dollars. As of November 16, 2015, the Facebook share is worth one hundred three dollars, and the company's capitalization exceeds two hundred and sixty billion dollars.
Facebook is one of the most visited sites in the world. Every seventh person on Earth today will go into this social network - the number of daily users this year has exceeded one billion. Facebook itself has not so many projects at the moment. This is the social network Facebook itself. Messenger is a messaging app, WhatsApp, Instagram, Oculus VR. In total, the company employs twelve thousand people in the third quarter of 2015 - during this period, one thousand new employees joined Facebook.
Facebook results in Q3 2015
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At the same time, Alphabet has Google with its YouTube, Android, Search and a host of other products, as well as Nest, venture capital company Google Ventures, Fiber and Google Lab X. There are sixty thousand people in Google alone, according to data for the third quarter of 2015 .
Alphabet Holding Structure
According to Zuckerberg, on the other hand, a small number of projects is a risk for the company. If something from the Alphabet portfolio is closed, there will be plenty of other products. Unsuccessful project Google Glass did not really affect the financial results across the company. For Facebook, every loss can be a big problem.
Mark Zuckerberg’s approach to business is justified. On February 1, 2012, Facebook entered the initial public offering , then the company was valued at one hundred and four billion dollars, and one share cost thirty-eight dollars. In September 2015, Facebook's capitalization exceeded two hundred billion dollars. In October, the value of one share of the company overcame the mark of one hundred dollars. As of November 16, 2015, the Facebook share is worth one hundred three dollars, and the company's capitalization exceeds two hundred and sixty billion dollars.
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