Paul Graham says Mark Zuckerberg taught him the importance of small talk: 'He would just stare at you'

Y Combinator cofounder Paul Graham described a young Mark Zuckerberg who would "just stare at you."

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• Paul Graham said that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg could not perform small talk in his early days.
• "This was before he learned to imitate a normal person," Graham said on "The Social Radars."
• Zuckerberg has acknowledged his awkwardness and said he's "more comfortable just being me" as he gets older.

Mark Zuckerberg didn't always talk like a CEO.