Founder of Zynga. Partner at Reinvent Capital.
Passionate builder, biker, surfer, father.
Mark is an idea generator and an idea executor. Every one of his ideas comes with strategies and tactics to test it and make it tangible. And every bad idea gets ruthlessly killed.
This approach to thinking, building, and constantly moving forward didn’t come overnight. It’s been honed by years of trial and error, personal and professional growth, and an annual tradition that Mark uses to scaffold his entire life.
“A Book of Life is like a compass that helps you come back to your north star—what will matter to you over your entire life, not today or even this week. It’s what I credit for giving me the focus to found ten companies and the discipline to sidestep countless dead-ends.”
Mark Pincus
Every year, Mark takes 10 days to make an honest assessment of himself and choose the goals he will accomplish in the next 12 months.
This practice has driven Mark to quit his job, become an entrepreneur, find his life partner and build a family, teach multiple classes at Stanford, write this book, and keep building products and companies people love.
