Mark Zuckerberg’s first big investor meeting included ‘a lot of staring at the desk’

Mark Zuckerberg has grown into a damn fine public speaker, even giving a few talks in Mandarin. 

But the Facebook CEO wasn’t always like that. In fact, Zuckerberg was almost famously awkward in person. 

Reid Hoffman, CEO of LinkedIn and a Silicon Valley veteran, recently recounted just how painfully quiet Zuck could be—even during important moments.

During a recent podcast, Hoffman touched on Zuckerberg’s first big meeting with him and Peter Thiel, who would go on to make one of the first major investments in Facebook. Read more…

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