Mark Pincus Quotes

Quotations and aphorisms by Mark Pincus:

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.
~Mark Pincus


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/mark-pincus-quotes/#ba1f01d3

People were hanging out in these places, and just like at cocktail parties, they needed something to do together. I thought, 'How can we fit games into someone's life?'
~Mark Pincus


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/mark-pincus-quotes/#2dc634ec

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


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/mark-pincus-quotes/#99660a9a

Zynga made social gaming and play a worldwide phenomenon, and we remain the industry leader.
~Mark Pincus


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/mark-pincus-quotes/#9b294aa1

I've grown a lot, and I'm learning every week.
~Mark Pincus


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/mark-pincus-quotes/#dca3009f

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.
~Mark Pincus


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/mark-pincus-quotes/#03ac0a9c

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.
~Mark Pincus


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/mark-pincus-quotes/#3f8a2011

My approach is that you have to earn the respect of people you work with.
~Mark Pincus


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/mark-pincus-quotes/#153de030

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.
~Mark Pincus


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/mark-pincus-quotes/#74db12b6

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.
~Mark Pincus


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/mark-pincus-quotes/#e08237d1

I've been good at product entrepreneuring.
~Mark Pincus


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/mark-pincus-quotes/#11c02c30

I need to aspire to be a great CEO and not just a great product engineer.
~Mark Pincus


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/mark-pincus-quotes/#7cd10378

I seek out a lot of advice from other CEOs.
~Mark Pincus


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/mark-pincus-quotes/#3ad9700f

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/mark-pincus-quotes/#8d6fb2c3

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.
~Mark Pincus


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/mark-pincus-quotes/#64573c18

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