“a million dollar isn’t cool. you know what’s cool?” 2 min read

ini adalah scene favoritku dari “The Social Network”

sekilas terlihat simple, tapi ini yang mendasari cara kerja dari banyak startup.

juga yang pasti banyak startup founders akan take notes just from this scene alone.

original transcript:

Eduardo: I say it’s time to start making money from theFacebook but Mark doesn’t want advertising. Who’s right?

Sean: Neither of you. TheFacebook is cool, that’s what it’s got going for it.

Mark: Yes.

Sean: You don’t want to ruin it with ads because ads aren’t cool.

Mark: Exactly.

Sean: it’s like you’re throwing the coolest party on campus and someone’s telling you it’s gotta be over at 11:00.

Mark: Exactly.

Sean: You don’t even know what the thing is yet.

Mark: I said exactly that.

Sean: Row big it can get and how far it can go. Picture sharing, news feeds, a virtual champagne room, apps you haven’t even thought of. This is no time to take your chips down. A million dollars isn’t cool. You know what’s cool?

Eduardo: You?

Sean: A billion dollars. And that’s where you’re headed. A billion dollar valuation. Unless you take bad advice in which case you might as well have come up with a chain of very successful dry cleaners. When you go fishing you can catch a lot of fish or you can catch a big fish. You ever walk into a guy’s den and see a picture of him standing next to fourteen trout? No, he’s holding an. 800 pound marlin and that’s what you want. Hey guys, it’s your company, I don’t have a dog in this fight. I just came to say hi.

Eduardo: No, he came to hook an 800 pound marlin and he did. He owned Mark after that dinner. He picked up the check, told Mark they’d talk again soon and was gone. But not before he made his biggest contribution to the company.

Sean: (signing the check)
Oh Hey. Drop the “the”. Just Facebook, It’s cleaner.
(And SEAN heads out, patting backs and kissing waitresses along the way.)

Mark: (Knocked out) Sh*t.