Facebook Visit

While out at the Web 2.0 Summit, I had the opportunity to go and visit Facebook headquarters; meet with some of their executives; and breathe in the fresh start-up air.

 Facebook’s headquarters is exactly what you think it would be like – lots of young developers; no offices all open spaces; and lots of bicycles in the doorway. The energy level was palpable even though many employees were not at the office at noon as they had stayed up all night working on projects. The place had a very friendly and welcoming atmosphere. This is clearly a company on a mission with a higher calling. I enjoyed the visit.  It reminded me of AOL back in 1993/1994 days. There was a nice humility to all of the people I met with and I expect only more growth and great new applications from Facebook in the coming days ahead.