Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg left Harvard University in 2004 as a dropout with a novel idea. Mo

Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg left Harvard University in 2004 as a dropout with a novel idea. Mo

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(10 Nov 2011) HEADLINE: Facebook founder returns to Harvard to recruit
CAPTION: Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg left Harvard University in 2004 as a dropout with a novel idea. Monday, he returned with a triumphant message: He's hiring. It was his first official visit to Harvard since he left for Silicon Valley. (Nov. 7)

[Location - Date:CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS -- AP VIDEO -- NOV. 7]


[Notes:SOT -- MARK ZUCKERBERG / FACEBOOK FOUNDER AND CEO]
I would like to know when you are going to open a major facility here...like google and microsoft..."
"hopefully at some point soon, but at no point in the near future...we currently have our main development in palo alto...and we opened one development office in seattle...and the reason to start in seattle...it's the same time zone...we were growing...that and we want to get the culture right before we open other offices...at some point...hopefully down the line, we will do that."
"the last five years at facebook have been about getting people signed up and connected with their friends...i think the next five or ten years are going to be about different products and industries that can be rethought we
ve seen that with social games...tv....but over five years a lot of products will be rethought this way."
[Notes:SOT -- MADELEINE GEARAN / HARVARD STUDENT]
"it's amazing to think that at one point he was here on this campus....now he's back...it is inspiring."