Zuckerberg: Mobile Is Facebook's Biggest Hurdle

Analysts and bank executives have said it since Facebook's initial public offering. Now Mark Zuckerberg, the company's co-founder and CEO, admits it. In an interview with Bloomberg, Zuckerberg said that figuring out how to make money from users accessing Facebook on mobile devices is the company's biggest challenge right now.

Analysts and bank executives have said it since Facebook’s initial public offering. Now Mark Zuckerberg, the company’s co-founder and CEO, admits it. In an interview with Bloomberg, Zuckerberg said that figuring out how to make money from users accessing Facebook on mobile devices is the company’s biggest challenge right now.

Since Facebook went public May 18, Zuckerberg has been fairly quiet, but several other people have been doing the talking for him. Recently, several banks said they liked Facebook’s long-term potential, but were skeptical about the company’s ability to monetize its mobile presence — which is huge and growing.

Now Zuckerberg says he knows what the company has to do:

Things are not much different … I’m focused on building product.

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