Alexis JulienMr. DanielsIntroduction to BusinessMarch 14, 2014Mark ZuckerbergA famous entrepreneur today is Mark Zuckerberg, the inventor of the popular social media, Facebook. It was said that while he was at Harvard University he and some friends came up with the idea for Facebook. After a few years, Facebook became loved internationally. Since the invention of Facebook there have been many positive, but also negative, effects. In the suburbs of Dobbs Ferry, New York, on May 14, 1984 Mark Zuckerberg was born into a family of three sisters. His first interest in computers dates back to early childhood, in elementary school. When Mark was twelve years old he created a messenger called “ZuckNet”. His invention allowed his home computers to communicate with each other, including his father's dental office. After high school Mark enrolled at Phillips Exeter Academy, a preparatory school. While attending the academy he was still amazed by the software and wanted a degree in it. While graduating from the academy, he moved on to Harvard University. Being at Harvard, almost everyone knew him as a software programmer. With his software skills he quickly developed a site called Facemash where he compared two girl's faces and asked which was better. Along the way at Harvard three men, Divya Narendra, Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss approached Mark asking for his software skills to create a site called The Harvard Connection. The site was a dating site around Harvard. Mark agreed to work with them when he came up with the idea of ​​creating his own site and abandoned their project. With the help of Mark's friends, Dustin Moskovitz, Chris Hughes, and Eduardo Saverin, they created the popular social media site called Facebook....... middle of paper ......erberg is one of those greats risk takers today and still are. One risk Mark took was dropping out of Harvard University while he was building Facebook to complete the website. By doing this he risked the possibility of the website he was creating taking off and he also had no job at the time. After completing Facebook, it jumped out of the charts and many people wanted to separate from Facebook. Another risk Mark took was when Facebook was still becoming a success, many companies asked to separate from Facebook. But Mark ran the risk of ignoring important phone calls and canceling business meetings. (ZuckerbergSuccess). This shocked many investors, but Zuckerberg had a plan to increase demand for Facebook this way. After taking this risk, Facebook became even more popular among many other investors who wanted Facebook but also among Facebook users. Add more...