The lesson from Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey that inspired these students to build a multimillion start-up: Know your mission. (via CNBCMakeIt)
"This idea of being mission-first just helps people transcend personal egos helps create collaboration," he said."I always joke that I have a mentor, which is Mark Zuckerberg, but it's only one-way — I know him but he doesn't know me," Quek said.But, by watching their presentations and studying their style, Quek said he and his co-founders were inspired to think about the big picture and how they could use technology to solve big issues.
"I think the one commonality all of them had was just this whole fascination for using technology to solve problems and make a big impact," said Quek. For Carousell, that meant building a platform to simplify buying and selling online, which, Quek said, plays into the company's wider mission to "inspire every person in the world to start selling."co-founder and CEO, Carousell"The advice I give to all entrepreneurs always is you've got to be absolutely passionate about what you do, the problem that you're solving, because it's going to be extremely hard," he said.
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