Mark Zuckerberg is one badass entrepreneur

I was catching up on some reading a little while ago, when I came across a story on Techcrunch about possible acquisition talks between Facebook and Yahoo! The fact that the two companies are in talks isn't all that surprising to me, but the apparent cockiness (or is it confidence) of Zuckerberg is.

The post cites a Wall Street Journal article that claims:

During one series of talks with Microsoft, Facebook executives told their Microsoft peers they couldn’t do an 8 a.m. conference call because the company’s 22-year-old founder and chief executive, Harvard dropout Mark Zuckerberg, wouldn’t be awake, says a person familiar with the talks. Microsoft executives were incredulous.

and

At one point in the Yahoo negotiations, the talks extended into the weekend, says a person familiar with the matter. Mr. Zuckerberg, this account continues, said he couldn’t take part because his girlfriend was in town. Others pointed out they were closing in on a billion-dollar deal. Mr. Zuckerberg said it didn’t matter: his cellphone would be off, this person says.

In the past there have been reports that Zuckerberg turned down $750 million because he was looking for $2 billion, so I always thought of him as a bit greedy and obsessive over his company...but none the less the living proof of what all of us YE's aspire to be.

But dude is one cocky badass mofo if those accusations are true. Blowing Microsoft off because he wants to sleep in? Blowing off a $1 BILLION deal with Yahoo! to hang out with his girlfriend? Either Zuckerberg has his priorities completely in line (he's living life to the fullest, work can wait, there's more to life than work, blah, blah, blah) or he's just f*cking bat-shit crazy.

Personally, I'm leaning toward the bat-shit crazy side of things. Dude, show some respect to Microsoft and Yahoo! You should feel honored that they even want to meet with you, yet alone buy your company for $1 BILLION. I can certainly understand why you want to sleep in and hang with your girl...but if that's the case, than sell off. No one would blame you. You'd have enough money to live the rest of your life comfortably, and you could take the Mark Cuban route of flying all over the world and trying to drink beers in as many countries as possible. But right now, you are the leader of a large company. Start acting like it.